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Committee advances bill to limit long-unserved failure-to-appear warrants after testimony about veteran’s arrest
Summary
Senate Bill 236, offered by Senator Brandon Smith, would add protections for defendants when long-unserved failure-to-appear warrants remain outstanding; the committee advanced the bill 9-0 after extended testimony from a veteran describing being arrested on a 14‑year-old matter.
Senate Bill 236, sponsored by Senator Brandon Smith, cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee by a 9-0 vote after emotional testimony from Melissa Goodman, identified as head of security at Mohawk Energy, about being arrested on a warrant related to an incident more than a decade old.
Smith told the committee he brought the case after learning of Goodman’s circumstances: she had struggled with substance abuse after military service, later stabilized, held steady employment and renewed her…
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