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Committee votes to recommend bill requiring probable-cause affidavits be made by law enforcement
Summary
Senate Bill 138 would require search warrants to be issued only on statements of fact sufficient to show probable cause that are made by a law enforcement officer; committee voted to recommend the bill favorably.
Senate Bill 138, which would require that statements of fact sufficient to show probable cause for search warrants be made by a law enforcement officer, was recommended favorably by the Kansas Senate Judiciary Committee.
The reviser summarized the bill as requiring probable-cause affidavits supporting search warrants to be made by law enforcement officers. After a brief discussion the committee took a motion to recommend the bill favorably. Senator Titus moved the committee recommendation and Senator Clepp seconded; the transcript records the motion and that "the motion carries." The transcript does not include a roll-call tally.
Votes at a glance: Committee voted to recommend Senate Bill 138 favorably out of committee (motion carried; roll-call not recorded).
