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Judiciary Committee recommends do-not-pass on amendment banning fee waivers for 24/7 monitoring program; due process and indigency cited
Summary
After testimony from the Commission on Legal Counsel for Indigence, the Judiciary Committee voted 7–4, with three absent, to recommend a do-not-pass on Senate Bill 2365 as amended in the Senate because removing fee waivers for the 24/7 monitoring program raised due process and equal-protection concerns.
The Judiciary Committee voted to recommend a do-not-pass on Senate Bill 2365 after hearing testimony that a Senate amendment would bar waiving fees for the statewide 24/7 monitoring program. Representative Satrim moved the do-not-pass recommendation, seconded by Representative Twite; the roll call vote was 7–4 with three members absent.
Travis Fink, executive director of the Commission on Legal Counsel for Indigence, told the committee that the amended Senate language removing the ability to waive program fees could create constitutional problems on due-process and equal-protection grounds. “If you remove that ability to pay those fees, you're moving from a valid government function that's…
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