Judiciary Committee clears a package of public-safety and liability bills; privacy bill receives no action

The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a series of bills covering law enforcement definitions, school‑threat reporting, domestic‑violence confidentiality, hemp/CBD regulation and a range of civil‑liability measures in a session that ended with no action on a contentious privacy bill.

Committee members began by moving quickly through several items the chair described as short and noncontroversial. SB9, sponsored by Senator Garner, was amended to clarify that certain federal investigators, including Social Security Administration staff who work with local police on fraud, would fall under the state's law‑enforcement umbrella; the committee passed the bill by voice vote. The committee also concurred in a House amendment to SB10 —…