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Judiciary committee advances term-limits amendment, offender-registry study and trespass bill
Summary
With brief discussion, the committee adopted amendments and voted to advance several bills: House Bill 1300 (term-limits clarification) as amended, House Bill 1231 (offender-registry study) as amended, and House Bill 1305 (trespass/squatting changes) as amended. Committee members described intent and procedural next steps.
The Judiciary Committee took votes to move several bills out of committee after adopting amendments and, in one case, converting the measure into a study.
House Bill 1300: The committee adopted an amendment changing the effective benchmark date in statutory term-limit calculations and clarified language about when service begins. The amendment replaces an earlier arbitrary date with an effective date of Jan. 1, 2023, the date the constitutional measure took effect. Sponsors and supporters said the revision clarifies legislative intent on when an individual's service counts toward the term-limit…
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