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Committee adopts amendments and advances House Bill 11-36 on law enforcement provisions
Summary
Members adopted a series of amendments (L1, L4, L5) to House Bill 11-36 and voted 6-4, with one excused, to send the amended bill to the Committee of the Whole. Sponsors said the changes remove an inadvertent grant of original jurisdiction to the Attorney General and address peace-officer credibility disclosures.
The House Judiciary Committee adopted amendments to House Bill 11-36 and voted to advance the amended measure to the Committee of the Whole by a vote of 6 to 4, with one member excused.
Representative Clifford moved and committee members adopted amendment L1 by unanimous consent; the sponsor said L1 was attached to the packet and addressed a fiscal-note issue. The committee then adopted L4 (noted earlier in the hearing as L3 before being renumbered) and L5; sponsors described L4 and L5 as largely technical and focused on ensuring peace-officer credibility disclosures were properly managed.
Representative Clifford moved the amended bill to the Committee of the Whole; the motion was seconded. Clerk roll call recorded six yes votes and four no votes with one excused member, and the chair announced House Bill 11-36 will proceed to the Committee of the Whole.
During discussion, sponsors said an early drafting error had given the attorney general original jurisdiction over a criminal matter and that the adopted amendments correct that to return the appropriate prosecutorial jurisdiction to district attorneys. Committee members asked few substantive questions about the amendments; the sponsor described most changes as minor and non-substantive.
Votes at a glance: On a roll call tally of 6 to 4 with one excused, House Bill 11-36 as amended was advanced to the Committee of the Whole.
The committee did not adopt further amendments and closed testimony on this bill.
