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Committee votes: summary of actions taken Feb. 25 hearing

Senate Committees on Judiciary and on Water, Land, Culture, and the Arts (joint/hearing) · February 11, 2026

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Summary

The joint committee voted to advance several bills — including SB 2041 (land-court transfer), SB 22-47 (ethics restrictions), SB 21-43 (interim election succession with amendments), SB 22-39 (voter-registration with amendments), SB 27-21 (penal code changes) and SB 27-27 (HCRC statute extension). Several complex measures were deferred for further technical work.

At the close of the Feb. 25 hearings the chair moved the committee into decision making and recorded the following outcomes, as stated in committee roll calls:

- SB 2041 (land-court function transfer; working group): Adopted by the joint committee for further work; chairs to draft working-group charge and amendments.

- SB 22-47 (ethics restrictions on certain governor-appointed, Senate-confirmed employees): Recommendation to pass with amendments (apply restrictions post-confirmation until employment ends); measure adopted.

- SB 21-43 (interim chief election officer): Committee amended the bill to specify an internal succession hierarchy rather than giving the attorney general interim authority and recommended passage with amendments; measure adopted in committee.

- SB 22-39 (automatic voter registration via state agencies): Committee recommended passage with amendments limiting immediate implementation to DMV/ID processes and requested technical follow-up; measure passed in committee.

- SB 27-21 (penal code review implementation): Recommended to pass with technical amendments; committee asked for follow-up on restitution protections and victim-notification language.

- SB 27-27 (extend HCRC statute of limitations to one year): Passed as introduced.

- SB 27-31, SB 28-30 and SB 30-72: Deferred for additional review, technical fixes, or because members requested more time; those bills were scheduled for later committee consideration.

Committee chairs directed staff to draft conforming amendments and to return with implementation language and, where necessary, appropriation estimates. Several measures were deferred to dates specified on the record for additional technical work.