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Judiciary panel bundles several criminal procedure bills into SB186 and advances the package
Summary
Committee members combined several bills — including a requirement to make probable‑cause affidavits available to law enforcement, a bond‑and‑prior‑conviction provision, and a change to criminal‑history scoring — into Senate Bill 186 and passed the bundle favorably for passage amid constitutional concerns from some members.
The Committee on Judiciary combined multiple criminal procedure measures into Senate Bill 1‑86 (SB186), amended the package and voted to pass it favorably for passage. The package as discussed in committee included: (1) a provision requiring probable‑cause affidavits and testimony supporting probable cause to be made available to law enforcement prior to execution of a warrant or summons; (2) the contents of House Bill 23‑89 (a proposal requiring magistrates to consider prior convictions for specified serious offenses and, in one amendment, establishing a mandatory cash‑or‑surety bond floor and house‑arrest conditions in certain circumstances); and (3) House Bill 24‑01 (a proposal governing whether prior convictions later held unconstitutional should count for criminal‑history scoring).
Jason Thompson of the Reviser’s Office…
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