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Judiciary committee gives favorable reports to a slate of bills; SB230, SB87, SB238, SB233 advanced
Summary
The committee gave favorable reports to SB230 (campaign fund security reimbursements), SB87 (appraiser statute of limitations amendment to five years), SB238 (autocycle protective gear), SB233 (felony classification changes), and carried over HB72. Most bills passed committee with little opposition; some technical amendments were adopted.
Several bills were advanced by the Senate Judiciary Committee in a batch of mostly-uncontested actions.
SB230 (sponsor Senator Gavan) would explicitly permit campaign funds to be used to pay for security-related expenses and would allow contributions to reimburse state, county and municipal governments for such costs; committee discussion noted a likely clarifying amendment on the floor, and the bill was given a paper favorable report with no recorded opposition.
SB87 was amended in committee to change a statutory number from 3 to 5 to align the statute of limitations for appraisers with record-retention rules; the sponsor said the change limits appraiser liability for errors (excluding fraud) to five years and adds a discovery rule. The committee approved the amendment and gave SB87 a favorable report.
SB238, which would require autocycles to follow motorcycle protective-gear requirements, was presented and given a favorable report. SB233, which changes felony classifications and increases penalties in certain contexts (including vehicle-related fleeing language that members asked to clarify), was amended and advanced; the transcript notes at least one member (Senator Gavan) asked to be recorded as abstaining in a later roll-call-style comment in committee conversation.
Representative Sellers asked that HB72 be carried over to a later date and the committee agreed to hold it for further consideration. The committee adjourned at the end of the session.
Votes at a glance (as recorded in committee transcript): SB230 — paper report, unanimous; SB87 — amended and given favorable report; SB238 — favorable report; SB233 — amended and favorable report (abstention noted informally). The transcript contains no detailed county- or state-budget figures for these measures; any floor action or amendments were not recorded here.
