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Votes at a glance: key Judiciary Committee actions, May session
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Summary
A roundup of Judiciary Committee votes taken during the hearing, listing bills the committee voted to advance or to reject, with brief descriptions and immediate next steps.
The Senate Judiciary Committee held a busy hearing and took votes on multiple bills. The following is a concise summary of key actions recorded in the transcript during the session.
Votes and outcomes
- SB590: Motion to do pass and advanced (voice vote). The chair announced the motion carried and the bill was passed out of committee.
- SB623 (Pregnant inmates): Committee adopted a Department of Corrections amendment and voted to advance the bill (voice vote). Sponsor: Senator Jamie Scott.
- SB612 (Social media private right of action): Committee voted to advance the bill after discussion; sponsor said further amendments were expected from companies (voice vote). Sponsor: Senator Tyler Deese.
- SB509 (Rental equipment criminalization): Motion to pass failed; the chair announced SB509 did not pass after committee discussion about existing theft statutes and vagueness.
- HB1835 (Specialty court technical/codification changes): Motion to do pass carried (voice vote). Sponsor: Representative Carol Dolby.
- HB1838 (Probate and guardianship cleanup): Motion to do pass carried (voice vote). Sponsor: Representative Carol Dolby.
- HB1839 (Declaration of death procedures): Motion to do pass carried (voice vote). Sponsor: Representative Carol Dolby.
- HB1624 (County law library boards): Motion to do pass carried (voice vote). Sponsor: Senator Justin Boyd (House sponsor Rep. Maddox).
- HB1752 (Exemption for certain savings plans from execution): Motion to pass carried (voice vote). Sponsor: Senator Justin Boyd (House sponsor Rep. Maddox).
- HB1615 (Religious Freedom Act clarifications): Motion to do pass carried after extended debate (voice vote). Sponsor: Representative Robin Lundstrum; Senate sponsor: Senator Gary Stubblefield.
- HB1662 (Restrictions on paid lobbying for PRC and Russian entities): Recorded roll-call resulted in a tie, 4–4; the bill did not advance from committee.
Other actions
- Multiple additional house bills were presented and advanced by voice votes during the session (examples include HB1799, HB1148 and others cited in the transcript), with committee chairs announcing passage for each as recorded.
What happens next
Bills the committee advanced will be scheduled for consideration on the Senate floor in coming days; bills that failed may be revised by sponsors and refiled in future sessions. Several items recorded in committee included requests for follow-up information from agencies (for example, the Department of Corrections was asked to provide pregnancy counts and related data to the committee).
