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Senate Judiciary committee advances a slate of bills; key votes and next steps
Summary
The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced a package of bills on Feb. 25, 2025, moving several measures to the Senate floor while debating edits and funding implications for others.
The Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Standing Committee met to consider a range of bills. Committee action moved several measures toward final Senate consideration and produced a high‑profile debate on polygraph use for sexual‑assault victims.
Highlights
- HB 195 (House Bill 195, first substitute): Favorably recommended to the Senate (committee vote 4–2). The bill narrows when prosecutors or courts may require firearm forfeiture as a condition of a plea in abeyance unless the person later becomes a restricted person. (See separate story.)
- HB 17 (Representative Sandra Romero): The committee debated a prohibition on asking or compelling sexual‑assault victims to take polygraph tests. The committee voted 4–2 to amend the bill by removing the word “request” so the prohibition would apply only to compelled examinations. The sponsor said that deletion could jeopardize federal Violence Against Women Act…
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