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Committee advances substitute changing preemption penalties and grand-jury accusation rules after heated debate
Summary
A multi-part substitute to Senate Bill 204 that raises penalties for local preemption of state firearms law and alters certain grand-jury/accusation procedures moved out of committee after debate and a failed motion to table.
Chairman Powell presented a committee substitute to Senate Bill 204 that combines two policy areas: (1) expanded state preemption and higher monetary penalties for local governmental ordinances that conflict with state gun law; and (2) a change to when prosecutors may prefer accusations (use an accusation charging process) rather than indictments in certain non-violent felony and lower-level matters.
The preemption portion would increase penalties on a local government that attempts to enact firearm regulations…
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