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House Judiciary executive action: committee advances several bills, tables one motion
Summary
During executive action the committee acted on multiple bills: HB 178 (AI limits) passed after amendments; HB 214, HB 215 and HB 268 passed; HB 277 failed and was tabled; HB 278, HB 289 and HB 300 passed as amended. Vote tallies recorded in committee are included below.
The House Judiciary Committee entered executive action and considered a package of bills. Several bills passed out of committee (some with amendments), one failed and was tabled. Summaries and committee outcomes follow.
- House Bill 178 (limits on government use of artificial intelligence): After two amendments narrowing the ban and adding exceptions for peace officers in certain high‑risk searches and missing-person uses, the committee recorded a final roll-call of 14 yes, 6 no. HB 178 passed the committee as twice amended.
- House Bill 214 (prosecution of certain crimes involving noncitizens/detention context): The committee approved Amendment 1.2 (procedural notification to the attorney general when prosecutors decline cases involving federal detention) and recorded a final vote of 12 yes, 8 no. HB 214 passed as amended.
- House Bill 215 (revisions to appointments balancing language): Passed by roll call, 12 yes and 8 no. Committee members characterized the statute as obsolete and the bill as code clean-up.
- House Bill 268 (revisions to offender registration statutes): Passed by roll call, 12 yes and 8 no.
- House Bill 277 (minimum lease term for mobile-home park lot rental): The bill failed on a roll-call vote (8 yes, 12 no) and a subsequent motion to table the measure was approved by voice vote.
- House Bill 278 (officer checks of immigration status during lawful stops): The sponsor accepted an amendment making the check discretionary and subject to reasonable suspicion; the committee passed the amended bill by roll call (13 yes, 7 no).
- House Bill 289 (criminalizing exposing children to certain controlled substances): Amendment 1.001 was adopted in committee and the bill was approved as amended; recorded committee tallies included 12 yes and 8 no on an amendment vote and the committee reported the bill as passed.
- House Bill 300 (revisions on discriminatory practices in education): The committee adopted a severability clause amendment and passed the bill as amended by roll call (12 yes, 8 no).
Committee presenters included bill sponsors and legislative staff; votes were taken by roll call with the clerk announcing member votes and final tallies. Several bills carried amendments that narrowed or clarified exemptions. The committee adjourned after the package was completed.
