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Committee advances two bills in work session: signal‑jammer ban and retail‑theft grant funding referral
Summary
In work sessions the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to send SB 959 to the floor with a due‑pass recommendation and to send SB 960 to the floor with a due‑pass recommendation and a request that it be referred to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means; roll‑call votes recorded.
The Senate Committee on Judiciary moved two bills out of committee in work sessions at the conclusion of its public hearings.
Senate Bill 959: The committee voted to send SB 959 to the floor with a "do pass" recommendation. Committee staff described SB 959 as making signal jammers that can interfere with alarm systems a burglary tool and criminalizing possession of a jammer with intent to commit theft. The measure also exempts an alarm system manufacturer from a requirement to provide…
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