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Judiciary conference committee agrees to re-adopt last year’s criminal‑code bundle with technical date updates
Summary
Members of the Judiciary conference committee agreed in principle to re-adopt last session’s bundled criminal bills (HB 2347 plus three Senate bills) with technical edits—chiefly moving several 2026 implementation dates to 2027—and asked staff to prepare a final report for signatures and a forthcoming vote.
Madam Chair opened a Judiciary conference committee meeting on March 25, 2025, and proposed adopting the same bundled criminal‑code package that was considered last session, with only technical updates to dates and a few provisions.
Jason Thompson, an adviser in staff offices, summarized the package for the committee. He said the base measure is HB 2347, which makes changes to theft law including provisions related to motor‑vehicle theft with a $500 threshold. The agreement would also fold in three Senate measures: SB 156, which creates the crime of unlawful use of a laser pointer and prescribes penalties; SB 84, which modifies criminal use of financial cards to…
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