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Committee advances routine criminal-justice housekeeping bills including SB13, SB18 and HB90
Summary
The House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee voted to send several largely technical bills to the House floor Tuesday, adopting an amendment to SB13 and passing SB18 and HB90 with favorable recommendations. The measures focus on removing redundant reporting and clarifying criminal-code references.
The House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee advanced three largely technical measures after brief presentations by their sponsors.
Senator Musselman described Senate Bill 13 as a committee cleanup to remove redundant, expired or duplicative reporting requirements assigned to the law-enforcement and criminal-justice interim committee and said the public-safety data portal (HB220) will continue to receive core data. The committee adopted Amendment 1 and passed SB13 as amended with a favorable recommendation.
Senate Bill 18, also sponsored by Senator Musselman, was presented as a set of mostly punctuation and definition clarifications. Representative Peterson moved the bill forward; the committee approved a favorable recommendation.
Representative Gwen presented House Bill 90, which reinstates four enumerated offenses into certain recodified criminal-code references to ensure penalty enhancements and cross-references operate as intended following a recent recodification. Marley Stones, director of the Victim Services Commission, testified in support, saying the changes protect victims and align statutes. The committee passed HB90 with a unanimous favorable recommendation.
All three measures will go to the floor for further consideration.
