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Senate committee approves bill to add concurrent jurisdiction at McClellan VA hospital
Summary
Sen. Jane Englishtold the State Agencies Committee that SB55 would give McClellan VA security the authority to enforce laws alongside city police; the committee approved the bill by voice vote and took no fiscal action on the record.
Senator Jane English presented Senate Bill 55 to the Senate State Agencies Committee, saying the measure would provide concurrent jurisdiction at the newer McClellan VA hospital so on-site security personnel can enforce laws there alongside municipal police. English described the change as a jurisdictional clarification rather than a funding request.
"So that the, security people at the McClellan have the ability to enforce the laws there as well as the city police," English said during her presentation, summarizing the bill's immediate purpose.
Committee members asked no substantive fiscal or operational questions on the record. A motion to pass SB55 was made, seconded and approved by voice vote; the chair declared the bill passed. The transcript records no numeric roll-call; the committee did not record an explicit funding estimate or implementation timeline in its remarks.
The committee moved on to other agenda items after the brief action; the transcript does not state the bill's next procedural step.
