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Judiciary committee bundles criminal procedure bills, amends appearance-bond rules and passes bundled bill
Summary
The House Committee on Judiciary on March 5 amended and passed a bundle of criminal-procedure measures, including changes to appearance-bond procedures and a prohibition on certain financing arrangements for bail agents, advancing the package as Senate Bill 157; the committee also passed Senate Bill 156 as amended.
The House Committee on Judiciary on March 5 worked a package of criminal-procedure measures, amending and combining bills related to unlawful use of laser pointers, warrants for failure to appear, appearance-bond practices and requirements for who may state facts to obtain search warrants.
What the committee did: The committee amended Senate Bill 156 (which creates the crimes for unlawful pointing of a laser at a law‑enforcement officer or an aircraft) to adjust the effective date and then voted to pass SB156 as amended. Representative Williams moved to pass SB156 as amended; Representative Osman seconded and the committee approved the bill. Representative Carmichael requested that his aye vote be recorded on the passage vote.
The committee then extensively amended Senate Bill 157, folding in provisions from other bills. Key changes included:
- Warrants and NCIC entry: An amendment clarified that, within 14 days of…
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