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House Judiciary advances interim studies and several bills, including citizenship marker on IDs and increased sexual‑assault exam funding
Summary
In executive action the committee passed HJ32 and HJ45 (interim studies), concurred in Senate Bill 91 (driver's licenses to display citizenship status) on a 12‑8 roll call, and amended and concurred in Senate Bill 4‑91 to increase funding for medical forensic exam kits to $800,000.
During its executive session the House Judiciary Committee voted on a string of measures and interim studies.
Vice Chair Deming moved HJ 32 (an interim study of training and qualifications for law enforcement investigators) and HJ 45 (an interim study of collateral consequences and criminal record expungement); both passed on voice votes after Ms. Weiss read committee summaries.
The committee then considered Senate Bill 91, which would require driver's licenses and identification cards to display citizenship status. Committee members debated and several expressed opposition; Representative Howell said she would vote no because she thinks the measure is unnecessary and could make obtaining a driver's license more expensive. The committee took a roll‑call vote; the clerk reported the result as 12 ayes and 8 nays and the committee concurred in Senate Bill 91.
Finally, the committee took up Senate Bill 4‑91 (revising payment for medical evidence collections related to alleged sexual assaults). The committee adopted amendment 1.1, which increases the allocation to the assault medical forensic examination fund from $375,000 to $800,000, adjusts associated appropriations and removes a restorative‑justice fund provision that no longer applied. The amended bill passed on a voice vote.
Roll‑call detail (Senate Bill 91): the transcript records individual member responses during the roll call. The clerk announced "12 for I, 8 for nay." The roll call as read in the transcript shows the following votes: Vice Chair Deming — Yes; Representative Mitchell — Yes; Representative Baum — No (by proxy); Representative Clacken — Yes; Representative Griffith — No; Representative Overstreet — Yes; Representative Seehinkle — Yes; Representative Millette — Yes; Representative Cunningham — No; Representative Zephyr — No; Representative Stockman — No; Representative Kelly — Yes; Representative Sharp — Yes; Representative Joy — No; Representative Kametz — Yes; Representative Echart — Aye (by proxy); Representative Howell — No; Representative Jay Hinkle — Yes; Vice Chair France — No; Chair O'Gear — Yes. The clerk summarized 12 ayes, 8 nays.
What happens next: The measures that passed on concurrence will proceed per the House rules; the amended appropriation for assault exam funding will be reflected in committee records as amended.
