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House committee approves bill to add controlled-substances inspectors into law-enforcement decision-making; one member objects
Summary
The House Committee on Public Safety, Science and Technology approved House Bill 2121 in a final in-block vote on May 22, 2024. The bill would amend the cited law to include inspectors from the Office of Controlled Substances of the Department of Health in certain law-enforcement decision processes; one representative voted against the measure citing lack of public hearings.
Luis R Ortiz Lugo, president of the Commission of Public Safety, Science and Technology of the House of Representatives, presided over a public final-consideration session on May 22, 2024 and announced that House Bill 2121 was before the committee for final action.
The measure, described on the record as intended "to include inspectors of the Office of Controlled Substances of the Department of Health in decisions of agents of order public" (per the transcript), seeks to amend the language of…
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