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Committee votes not to advance $5 million fingerprinting bill, cites larger process problems
Summary
Senate Bill 2194, which would have authorized up to $5 million for fingerprinting equipment and directed the Bureau of Criminal Investigation to provide four-day background results, received a unanimous "do not pass" recommendation after committee testimony said equipment is not the primary bottleneck.
A Senate committee recommended a "do not pass" on Senate Bill 2194, a measure that would have authorized the attorney general to spend up to $5,000,000 for digital fingerprinting equipment and required the Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) to provide criminal-history results within four days. The recommendation carried on a recorded vote of 5-0.
Testimony from the attorney general's ITC director and from committee members identified the technical and procedural limits that make fingerprint equipment only part of the problem. Heidi Smith, ITC director for the office of the…
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