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Committee approves amended ID statute adding date of birth, creating misdemeanor for refusal under reasonable suspicion
Summary
The House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee voted to report favorably on an amended bill that adds date of birth to the information officers may request and makes willful refusal to identify under reasonable suspicion a Class C misdemeanor; the committee adopted a substitute that removes language that raised Miranda concerns.
The House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee voted to report House Bill 34 as substituted, moving an amended criminal-identification provision forward after a public hearing that drew both law-enforcement supporters and civil-rights concerns.
Representative Bolton explained the measure as an update to the state's identification statute that had not been substantially revised since 1966 and said the bill adds date of birth to the list of identifying data officers may request. The substitute also creates a criminal penalty for a willful failure to give identification when an officer has reasonable suspicion.
The bill attracted support from law-enforcement…
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