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Committee advances several Dolby-sponsored House bills and a critical‑infrastructure measure
Summary
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved multiple House bills presented by Representative Dolby — on juror donations (HB1058), offender registration alignment (HB1057), specialty-court expansion (HB1059) and administrative transfers to community corrections (HB1185) — and advanced SB173 on critical‑infrastructure protections. All were carried by the committee, largely by voice votes.
Representative Dolby presented a package of House bills and briefed the Senate Judiciary Committee on each measure, all of which the committee advanced by voice vote.
House Bill 10‑58 would permit jurors to donate their per diem and mileage compensation to an Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC)–vetted list of eligible nonprofit entities. Dolby said the bill was amended in the Senate to require a juror who donates to give their full payment rather than splitting it. "This bill...allows an opportunity that they can check off a box and say instead of sending the check to me, send it to this entity," Dolby told the committee.
House Bill 10‑57 aligns Arkansas practice with prior practice on…
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