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Senate Judiciary committee votes to introduce three committee bills on wrongful convictions, public-safety threats and ski-area liability

Senate Interim Committee on Judiciary · January 13, 2026
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Summary

The Senate Interim Committee on Judiciary unanimously voted to introduce three committee bills — LC 97 (wrongful-conviction remedies), LC 106 (expanded aggravated harassment and magistrate release criteria) and LC 143 (ski-area liability and operator duties) — moving them toward first reading.

The Senate Interim Committee on Judiciary unanimously approved the introduction of three committee bills during a work session following an informational preview.

Chair (as identified in the transcript) asked Tisha to summarize the proposals, and Tisha described LC 97 as a measure “relating to wrongful convictions” creating a post-conviction relief petition process for convictions based on specified discredited forensic-science disciplines and…

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