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Judiciary committee clears several bills, pulls one amendment and schedules further work
Summary
The committee approved technical and criminal‑law measures (including SB 169 concurrence, SB 469 limiting landowner liability, SB 266 on ACIC data sharing, and HB 1438 raising voyeurism penalties), pulled SP 206 pending an amendment on polygraph language, and recessed after expunging the HB 13 80 vote.
The Senate Judiciary Committee handled a series of primarily noncontroversial bills on Feb. 27 and moved several to the next stage.
- SB 169: Committee concurred with a House amendment restoring language that clarifies district court judges’ term and election cycle. Lanny Richmond of the Arkansas Municipal League described the change as correcting an…
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