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Votes at a glance: Committee advances multiple criminal and public‑safety bills
Summary
The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced a number of bills by voice vote during the session, including the human‑trafficking package and several criminal bills on restitution, mischief, robbery and mail theft. One item was deferred to agency reconciliation.
The Senate Judiciary Committee moved a slate of bills forward in voice votes during the hearing. The committee did several verbal amendments and adopted them before advancing bills. Below are the key dispositions recorded in the public transcript:
- SB 427 (promoting prostitution; reclassification and business penalties): Do pass as amended — advanced by voice vote. - SB 428 (civil cause of action; 10‑year discovery rule): Do pass — advanced by voice vote. - SB 429 (victim protections; no‑contact orders and record sealing): Do pass — advanced by voice vote. - SB 430 (mandatory restitution and reparations deadline extensions): Do pass — advanced by voice vote. - SB 431 (removal of affirmative defense; other trafficking offenses; originally included child‑doll prohibition): Do pass as amended — sponsor removed affirmative‑defense language and the committee verbally struck section 3 in committee. - SB 442 (asset forfeiture, council fund, harboring endangered runaways, human‑trafficking operations unit): Do pass as amended — advanced by voice vote with verbal clarifications (including a 72‑hour harboring element). - SB 355 / SB 356: SB 356 was moved to deferred status for agency reconciliation per sponsor request. - SB 511, SB 512, SB 513, SB 514 (criminal enhancements and property crime provisions presented by Senator Blake Johnson): All were advanced by committee motion and voice vote during the hearing; bills covered ATM/robbery provisions, robbery/notes, mail‑theft and skimming/mandatory penalty changes. - SB 537, SB 539, SB 539 amendments (corrections/governmental code cleanups and correctional reforms): Advanced as amended. - HB 1745 (foreign CDL authentication; work‑visa requirement): Advanced as amended (changed to require a U.S. work visa and added federal English proficiency wording).
Several other bills were considered, technical amendments adopted, and the committee recorded numerous voice‑vote passings and verbal amendments. In most cases the transcript records "aye" on voice votes and does not show roll‑call tallies.
