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Votes at a glance: committee advances short-term-rental RS, peace-officer certification bill and guardianship burial authority
Summary
The committee printed a request on short-term rentals and advanced three additional measures: a bill allowing post-council discretion on some past nonviolent felonies for peace-officer certification (Senate Bill 1139), and a technical guardianship fix (House Bill 87). All were advanced to the floor or to print.
The committee took several brief actions on additional items on its agenda.
RS32466 (request to print): Chairman Dan Foreman presented an RS on short-term rentals and asked that RS32466 be printed and routed to the sponsoring committee. A motion to print the RS was made and seconded; Senator Michelle Wintrow said she would “reluctantly vote no” due to stakeholder dissension, but the chair announced the motion carried and RS32466 will be printed and routed to Chairman Foreman’s committee for further work.
Senate Bill 1139: Sheriff Chris Goetz presented Senate Bill 1139, a change to the state peace-officer certification statute to allow post-council (POST) consideration of certain past felony convictions that are not within the most severe felony categories. Goetz said the change is intended to permit case-by-case certification review (for example, when a long-ago grand theft with withheld judgment would otherwise block certification). Senator Foreman moved to send SB1139 to the floor with a due pass recommendation; the motion was seconded and the committee voted to advance the bill to the Senate floor.
House Bill 87: Senator Shippey presented a technical amendment to clarify that a person who is legally acting as a guardian at the time of a decedent’s death may continue to make burial and disposition arrangements on behalf of the decedent when necessary for morticians and funeral providers. Senator Wintrow moved to send HB87 to the floor with a due pass recommendation, the motion was seconded, and the committee advanced the measure.
All three items will move forward as indicated on the committee record.
