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Committee advances House Bill 11‑36 after adopting law‑enforcement amendments
Summary
House Bill 11‑36, sponsored by Rep. Clifford and others and described as originating from the law‑enforcement community, was amended on several points and advanced to the Committee of the Whole on a 6‑4 vote. Sponsors said amendments were technical and removed an unintended grant of jurisdiction to the attorney general over criminal matters.
House Bill 11‑36, a measure introduced by Representative Clifford and described in committee as a package of changes requested by law‑enforcement stakeholders, was amended on several motions and advanced to the Committee of the Whole.
Rep. Clifford said the bill "is from the collective law enforcement community," and described the amendments as changes requested by prosecutors, chiefs and the attorney general's office. Clifford said an updated fiscal‑note memorandum removed any fiscal note tied to adoption of two amendments and that one correction moved original jurisdiction from the attorney general to district attorneys.
Nut graf: Committee members considered and adopted several amendments (referred to in the hearing as L001, L4 and L005) that sponsors characterized as technical and intended to address law‑enforcement and prosecutorial concerns. After the amendment process the committee voted to advance the bill to the Committee of the Whole.
Representatives adopted L4 and L5 (L3 had become L4 earlier in the hearing); Rep. Clifford said the most significant change in one amendment was to ensure peace officer credibility disclosures "were properly managed." Committee members had time to review amendments; there was no recorded public opposition during the amendment moments reported in the transcript.
The committee then voted to send House Bill 11‑36, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The roll call recorded the motion passing 6‑4 with one member excused.
Ending: Sponsors described the set of amendments as collaborative and technical; the committee advanced HB 11‑36 to the Committee of the Whole for further consideration.
