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Committee provides unanimous favorable recommendations on a package of bills including MMA rules, financial literacy and constable reforms
Summary
The committee favorably recommended several short items by unanimous vote: S.B.63 (MMA/mutual combat exception), S.B.94 (inmate financial literacy), S.B.156 (constable payment schedule), and H.B.34 (victims' rights clarifications).
Several bills received brief presentations and unanimous favorable recommendations in committee without extended debate: S.B.63 (narrow mutual‑combat exception for regulated MMA choking techniques), S.B.94 (financial literacy education for incarcerated people; sponsor cited an approximate $13,000 fiscal note), S.B.156 (constable payment schedules and inter‑jurisdiction notice) and H.B.34 (technical victims'‑rights clarifications to codify an existing victims' rights coordinator role). Committee votes were recorded in each item's discussion and the bills were forwarded to the Senate floor with favorable recommendations.
