Votes at a glance: House Community Safety Committee actions on Feb. 6, 2025

The House Community Safety Committee met Feb. 6, 2025, in executive session and took recorded action on a set of bills. This “at‑a‑glance” summary lists each bill discussed in committee and the committee’s formal outcome as recorded in the meeting.

House Bill 1,400 (peace‑officer/corrections background checks): Reported out of committee with a due‑pass recommendation. Motion to report by Representative Farber; the chair announced that “all members are present and all members are voting in the affirmative.” Outcome: reported out (unanimous voice vote recorded as unanimous by the chair).

Proposed substitute House Bill 13 99 (sheriff/police eligibility, volunteer limits, CJTC procedures): Reported out of committee with a due‑pass recommendation. Roll call recorded 6 ayes and 3 nays. Sponsors and committee discussion focused on permitted volunteer tasks, suitability guidelines, and whether the bill should explicitly require sheriffs to enforce the U.S. Constitution as well as the state constitution.

Proposed substitute House Bill 11 78 (sentencing enhancements): Reported out of committee with a due‑pass recommendation (roll call recorded 6 ayes, 3 nays). The substitute preserved several mandatory confinement rules for certain enhancements while allowing courts discretion on stacking firearm/deadly‑weapon enhancements across multiple charges brought in the same case.

House Bill 11 85 (Correctional Industries Advisory Committee membership): Reported out of committee with a due‑pass recommendation after sponsor remarks that the measure adds two voting members nominated by the governor to the advisory committee; committee voice vote recorded as unanimous.

Substitute House Bill 12 74 (resentencing / transfer to ISRB): Reported out of committee with a due‑pass recommendation, roll call 5 ayes, 4 nays. The substitute replaces judicial resentencing in many cases with a process for transferring eligible cases to the ISRB for potential early release, includes victim‑involvement and DOC reentry‑planning provisions, and sets eligibility thresholds tied to offense and years served.

Substitute House Bill 11 25 (judicial discretion to modify sentences in the interest of justice / transfer to ISRB in substitute): Reported out of committee with a due‑pass recommendation, roll call 5 ayes, 4 nays. Committee consideration included a struck amendment that would have replaced judicial resentencing with ISRB transfer (the striker was considered and not adopted), and a later substitute that the committee approved.

Deferred items: At the end of the executive session, the chair noted that two bills — the school‑related crimes measure and the DUI vacatur bill — were deferred for further executive action at a later meeting.

Recorded votes (selected): - Proposed substitute HB13 99 — reported out, 6 ayes, 3 nays (roll call recorded in transcript) - Proposed substitute HB11 78 — reported out, 6 ayes, 3 nays - Substitute HB12 74 — reported out, 5 ayes, 4 nays - Substitute HB11 25 — reported out, 5 ayes, 4 nays - HB1400 — reported out, unanimous (all present recorded in the affirmative) - HB11 85 — reported out, unanimous (voice vote recorded as all in affirmative)

The committee chair and members noted that additional floor amendments and stakeholder engagement are expected as bills move from committee to the full House.