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Senate Judiciary approves amendment restoring 'misdemeanors' in SB 15 after heated debate on accountability
Summary
Senate Judiciary approved an amendment to SB 15 that reinserted 'misdemeanors' into the statute and then passed the bill out of committee 6–3 after members debated whether statutory accountability for legislators would conflict with constitutional rules. The committee sought further legal research on definitional issues.
Senate Bill 15 advanced out of the Senate Judiciary Committee after members debated several amendments addressing how elected officials and judges should be held accountable. The committee rejected an initial amendment proposed by Senator Olson that would have broadened accountability language; members raised constitutional concerns about overlapping rules and whether statutes could alter internal legislative expulsion procedures.
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