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House reconsiders and passes court fee adjustments after procedural fight
Summary
Following a successful motion to reconsider, the House approved a second substitute of Senate Bill 196 on court fee adjustments that standardizes use of fines to fund court security and clarifies county/city jail arrangements; vote on final second substitute: 42-27.
Members reopened consideration of first substitute Senate Bill 196 under a procedural motion and ultimately approved a second substitute version of the bill addressing court fee adjustments and jail service arrangements.
Representative Yer led the effort to bring the bill back for reconsideration, saying cities and counties had reached agreement and requested another hearing. "This is a user tax," Yer told colleagues as he urged reconsideration, framing the measure as a way to let offenders…
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