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Committee holds bill criminalizing theft by caregivers from vulnerable adults pending case law and further review
Summary
Senate Bill 466, which would prohibit caregivers, family or household members from knowingly and willfully taking property from vulnerable adults or individuals aged 68 or older, was held March 6 after the Office of the Attorney General offered to provide case law and additional analysis; committee will revisit the bill on Monday.
Senate Bill 466, considered March 6 by the Judicial Proceedings Committee, would prohibit a caregiver, family member or household member from knowingly and willfully taking property from a vulnerable adult or an individual 68 years of age or older with intent to deprive the person of that property. The bill prescribes graduated penalties.
Committee members discussed a cross-filed House amendment that would narrow some language; a staff reader summarized the bill’s text and the committee’s packet noted the House amendment situation and that the bill was printed for third reader.
Tiffany Clark of the Office of the Attorney General told the committee the office is working to provide case law and additional answers to the members’ questions and offered to return with that material. “We are working on that,” Clark said. The committee agreed to hold the bill until Monday so the attorney general’s office could provide the requested materials and counsel could prepare additional information for members.
No final vote was taken; the bill remains on hold pending the attorney general’s materials and further committee consideration.
