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Judiciary counsel outlines three amendments to H.44 including CDL carve-out and new mental-state for hindering blood draws
Summary
Legislative counsel told the Senate Judiciary Committee on April 18 that draft amendment 1.1 to H.44 contains three primary changes: a CDL carve‑out from family‑court secrecy, a requirement to submit an evidentiary blood sample when a warrant issues, and a new "knowingly hinders" mental‑state for interfering with collection.
Legislative counsel told the Senate Judiciary Committee on April 18 that draft amendment 1.1 to H.44 contains three primary changes: (1) a carve‑out for many commercial driver license (CDL) violations from family‑court confidentiality rules; (2) revised wording to require submitting an evidentiary blood sample when a warrant is issued; and (3) replacing an "obstructs" criminal charge for interfering with collection of an evidentiary sample with a requirement that a defendant "knowingly hinder" law enforcement.
The changes matter because they alter which proceedings qualify for family‑court confidentiality and set the culpable mental state for interfering with court‑authorized blood collection. Legislative counsel summarized the CDL change as narrowing family‑court masking so that…
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