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Senate committee passes bill requiring jailers to carry ID cards
Summary
The Senate State and Local Government Committee unanimously approved Senate Bill 193, which would require jailers to carry an identification card when outside jail facilities; the measure carries no projected fiscal impact, committee members said.
The Senate State and Local Government Committee voted unanimously to pass Senate Bill 193, which would require jailers to carry an identification card when they are outside jail facilities.
The bill, discussed briefly by committee leadership because sponsor Sen. Girdler was absent, was described as straightforward and low-cost. Chair Nimas told the committee the fiscal-impact note included in members' packets was "pretty much 0." The committee adopted the measure on a 9-0 vote.
Committee members offered no substantive debate on the bill during the meeting. The chair said the card would be carried in a wallet and serve as identification when jailers need to be outside the jail. Voting senators recorded as supporting the bill during the roll call included Rocky Adams, Chambers Armstrong, Elkins, Herron, Maiden, Mays Bledsoe, McDaniel, Mills, Rawlings and Tishner; the committee recorded the final tally as 9 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstentions.
The chair said the bill "passes 9 0 0, and we expect it through the same on the senate floor." The measure now moves to the full Senate for consideration.
