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Panel approves amendment to HB 605 on strip-search procedures; counties to pay $250 development fee

Senate Judiciary

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Summary

The committee concurred in HB 605 as amended, which narrows conditions for strip searches (applying when a person is held more than 12 hours and after a judge appearance) and includes an amendment requiring counties to pay a $250 fee to the Department of Justice to develop search guidelines.

The Senate Judiciary committee concurred in House Bill 605 as amended, adopting a compromise that limits when strip searches may be conducted and authorizes development of statewide guidelines.

Chair Usher explained the amended bill (sponsored in the House by Representative Nick Cocolatolis) addresses circumstances when a person is held for more than 12 hours and may be subject to a strip search, while ensuring the individual is first taken before a judge. The amendment includes a $250-per-county fee to support the Department of Justice’s development of guidelines for conducting strip searches.

Senator Mansella said he was "not thrilled with each county having to pay $250 fee to the Department of Justice to assist in the development of guidelines for conducting strip searches," but that he would support the bill because of the lethality of drugs currently encountered by law enforcement. The committee passed the bill as amended on a voice vote and will send the concurrence to the Senate floor.