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Judiciary Committee issues several favorable reports, advances Anaya and Anaya-related efficiency bills and refers paternity measure to subcommittee
Summary
In the same meeting the committee gave favorable reports to multiple bills with minimal debate and referred a contentious paternity/child-support bill to a subcommittee for further drafting.
The Judiciary Committee took action on a set of bills during the session, issuing favorable reports on measures intended to streamline criminal procedure and probate and referring one child-support measure to a subcommittee for further work.
Votes at a glance
- Senate Bill (no. not specified) related to enforcement by the attorney general for misappropriated retirement-system funds: committee gave a favorable report after sponsor and committee discussion. Sponsor introduced the bill as requested by the Attorney General's office to permit enforcement when retirement systems misappropriate funds.
- HB 537 (Anaya's law): committee gave a favorable report. Representative Tillman presented the bill as modifying the preliminary hearing process so that, for certain listed crimes, an Anaya probable-cause proceeding satisfies the defendant’s right to a preliminary hearing and binds the case to the grand jury.
- Paternity/child-support retroactivity measure: committee debated a bill that would permit judges to order prenatal and pre-birth expenses (and include retroactive support language in some circumstances). Members debated whether the law should allow judges to order expenses pre-birth and whether the existing statutory language already covered pregnancy and confinement expenses. After extended discussion the committee sent the measure to a subcommittee to clarify language, definitions and mechanics of awards.
- Marriage solemnization/vital statistics amendment: lawmakers amended a bill so the probate court would send original marriage forms (not copies) to the vital statistics bureau; the committee adopted that amendment and gave the bill a favorable report as amended.
Other formal actions were brief and resolved by voice votes. Committee chair and members asked sponsors to work with agency staff and Legislative Services Agency staff where technical drafting questions remained.
