Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Committee Actions Roundup topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Votes at a glance: Senate Judiciary and Rules Committee actions — printing resolutions, advancing SB1099, re-referring SB1120
Summary
The committee approved printing two resolutions, advanced Senate Bill 1099 to the full Senate with a due-pass recommendation and referred Senate Bill 1120 to Health and Welfare.
At a Senate Judiciary and Rules Committee meeting (date not specified), senators recorded multiple procedural and substantive actions: the committee approved printing two requested resolutions (RS32371C1 and RS32481), voted to advance Senate Bill 1099 to the Senate floor with a due-pass recommendation, and voted to refer Senate Bill 1120 to the Secretary of the Senate for re-referral to the Health and Welfare Committee.
RS32371C1: Senators approved a motion to send RS32371C1 (a request from Senator Van Orden) to print. Senator Wintrow moved the motion and Senator Ricks seconded; the committee chair announced the motion carried and the RS would be sent to print.
RS32481: Senator Ben Toews presented RS32481, which seeks to expand the state Tort Claims Act to include causes of action for alleged violations of freedom of speech and freedom of religion. After brief discussion — including a note from Senator Wintrow that 42 U.S.C. § 1983 already provides a federal civil-action remedy — the committee voted to send RS32481 to print.
SB1099: The committee voted to send Senate Bill 1099 to the full Senate with a due-pass recommendation. The bill proposes a graduated set of mandatory minimum prison terms tied to prior DUI convictions when a later DUI causes a death: a judicial warning after a first DUI conviction, a five-year mandatory minimum when a subsequent DUI combined with vehicular manslaughter follows a prior conviction, and a 10-year mandatory minimum when three or more prior DUIs are on the record and a later DUI leads to a death. The motion to advance was made by Senator Foreman and seconded by Senator Keiser; the motion carried on a voice vote with a recorded "nay" by Senator Recker.
SB1120: Senators agreed to refer Senate Bill 1120 back to the Secretary of the Senate so it may be re-referred to the Health and Welfare Committee at Senator Van Orden's request. Senator Ricks moved and Senator Wintrow seconded; the motion passed by voice vote.
These committee actions consist of printing requests (procedural) and one substantive advancement to the Senate floor; the printed resolutions and advanced bill will proceed through normal legislative processing.
