Senate Committee on Judiciary passes several bills, defers others for later decision-making

At a decision-making meeting of the Senate Committee on Judiciary, members adopted recommendations to pass or amend several bills and deferred other items for a later decision-making session.

The committee voted to pass HB 111 unamended. According to the committee summary, HB 111 authorizes civil claims against a person, business owner, or business operator that profits from sexual exploitation or sex trafficking and extends the statute of limitations for related civil claims to 10 years. Chair Rhodes recorded the committee recommendation as “pass unamended,” and the recommendation was adopted with Chair Rhodes and Senator Chang recorded as voting aye; Vice Chair Gabbard and Senator Law were noted as excused.

The committee voted to pass HB 54 with amendments addressing identification processing. HB 54 increases penalties for third or consecutive excessive-speeding offenses within five years to a misdemeanor and raises penalties for a second offense within five years. The committee accepted the Attorney General’s suggested amendment requiring that a person convicted under the excessive-speeding statute be ordered by the court to report to an appropriate police department, sheriff’s…