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Committee adopts floor amendment to clarify handling of internal police complaints in House Bill 238
Summary
The Judiciary Committee adopted a floor amendment to House Bill 238 clarifying that Section D of the bill covers internal complaints arising from agency investigations and does not alter the timing for public complaints. The amendment will be offered as a floor amendment and the bill will return to second reader.
During the same Saturday Judiciary Committee session, members considered a floor amendment to House Bill 238 that clarifies how complaints of police misconduct are handled under the bill. The committee adopted the amendment and will offer it on the chamber floor.
The vice chair explained that the amendment returns the law to its prior approach by explicitly including internal complaints in Section D. That language, the vice chair said, covers "charges arising out of an investigation of an…
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