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Senate Judiciary debates how narrowly to define sensitive locations in bill 209
Summary
Senate Judiciary members on Jan. 29 debated whether a bill (referred to as '209') should limit protected zones to state-owned buildings or use a radius or explicit lists to include schools, parks and other sites; they also discussed enforcement mechanisms and agreed to refine language with staff before next week.
The Senate Judiciary met Jan. 29 to continue work on a bill referenced in the transcript as “209,” focusing on how to define the sensitive locations where certain arrests would be restricted and how to enforce violations. Committee members debated whether to limit coverage to state-owned buildings, adopt a fixed radius around sensitive sites, or create a specific list of locations such as schools, courthouses and health-care facilities.
Dolores, who updated the committee, told members she had no amendment for the day but sought direction on “what locations you definitely wanna include and definitions,” and asked staff to prepare a narrower draft for the next meeting. She proposed keeping the existing court-proceeding language for hearings while using a perimeter approach for other sensitive…
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