Community Safety Committee reports multiple public-safety bills; panel advances lower BAC, detention reporting and changes to lab testing
In an executive session the Community Safety Committee reported out several bills with due-pass recommendations, including a measure to allow limited out-of-state toxicology testing with reporting, a new false-identification offense, a reckless-interference penalty with cost recovery, a proposal to lower the legal BAC to 0.05, updates to offender-registration rules, and reporting requirements for private detention facilities.
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The Community Safety Committee met in executive session and reported out a package of public-safety bills with due-pass recommendations, advancing measures on toxicology lab certification, false identification as a peace officer, reckless interference with emergency operations, lowering the legal blood-alcohol limit to 0.05, changes to registration offenses, and incident reporting by private detention facilities.
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