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Committee passes amended bail-bonds bill after lengthy amendment and roll-call vote
Summary
House Bill 852, a package of revisions to bail-bond procedures, was amended to remove court-record access and several extraterritorial enforcement provisions; the committee approved the amended bill on a roll-call vote, 11–9, and sent it to the House floor.
The House Business and Labor Committee voted to pass House Bill 852 after adopting a lengthy amendment that strikes multiple provisions from the original bill related to surety-bail-bond producer powers, extraterritorial apprehension, and court-record access.
Jamieson, speaking for committee staff, summarized the amendment point by point: it eliminates language allowing producers access to court records, removes extraterritorial apprehension and arrest authorities that would permit producers to pursue principals across state lines, deletes provisions that would…
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