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Judiciary Committee: votes and committee actions taken, Oct. 12 (selected)
Summary
Several bills were acted on by the House Judiciary Committee. The committee concurred with Senate amendments on two bills, adopted technical corrections on one recodification, approved two House bills as amended, and postponed HB 16‑68 for revisions at the sponsor's request.
The House Judiciary Committee recorded the following formal actions during the session.
House Bill 14‑79 (concurrence in Senate amendments 1 and 2): Committee concurred in Senate amendment number 1 and then concurred in Senate amendment number 2 by voice vote. The committee recorded "ayes" with no roll-call tally provided.
House Bill 15‑08 (recodification of Title 19, technical corrections): Committee adopted the sponsor's amendment to correct typos and concurred in the Senate amendment by voice vote.
House Bill 16‑11 (gamefowl / animal-fighting definitions, sponsor: Justin Gonzales): Committee adopted the sponsor's amendment and later voted to do pass the bill as amended; the committee chair announced the ayes prevailed.
House Bill 16‑30 (predicate offenses for homicide statutes, sponsor: Jimmy Gazzaway): Committee adopted an amendment broadening predicate offenses and voted to pass the bill as amended.
House Bill 16‑68 (Vulnerable Youth Protection Act, sponsor: Mary Bentley): Sponsor asked the committee to withdraw/pull the bill for further revision and engrossing of amendments; the committee granted the request without objection. No final vote was taken.
Several other measures were discussed or held for later consideration; the chair listed additional bills the committee intends to consider at future meetings.
