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Votes at a glance: committee actions on public-safety bills
Summary
The committee acted on several public-safety bills, adopting substitutes and reporting multiple measures favorably to the House floor; summary lists motions, movers/seconds where recorded, and outcomes.
The House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee handled a slate of bills and substitutes and reported several measures favorably. The items below reflect motions and outcomes recorded in the committee transcript.
1) Badge and pistol on retirement (bill title not specified in transcript) - Action: Substitute adopted (motion by Representative Stringer; second by Representative Fidler). - Outcome: Favorable report (motion by Representative Jackson; second by Representative Stringer). - Notes: Substitute added an option allowing an officer to purchase a retired pistol at a reasonable price if the agency cannot afford to gift it.
2) Resisting-arrest/bonding provision (bill introduced during the meeting) - Action: Substitute adopted (motion by Representative Betso; second by Representative Jackson). - Outcome: Favorable report (motion by Representative Bridal; second by Representative Pettis). - Notes: Substitute moves a 24-hour pretrial-hold/bonding provision from…
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