Judiciary committee roundup: which bills moved, which failed
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Summary
At its meeting the Senate Judiciary Committee amended and advanced several bills (including SB 14‑67, SB 19‑29 to finance, SB 25‑33 to finance, SB 22‑10, SB 23‑23 and others) while several contested measures (including SB 26‑19 and SB 9‑04) failed to advance; this summarizes recorded roll calls and formal actions from the hearing.
The Senate Judiciary Committee considered a broad calendar and recorded votes on multiple bills. Key committee actions recorded on the official roll include:
- SB 14‑67 (Taylor): Amendment adopted by committee; recorded committee tally 6 ayes, 1 no; amendment requires weekly disclosure of certain prosecutorial actions tied to the Memphis Safe Task Force (sponsor: Sen. Chip Taylor).
- SB 19‑29 (Taylor): Motion to move the bill passed and the measure was referred to the finance committee for a fiscal note; recorded committee tally 6 ayes and 2 noes.
- SB 5‑91 (Hale): Amendment adopted to align "threats of mass violence" reporting with school threat‑assessment practices (require only credible threats to be reported); committee recorded 8 ayes.
- SB 19‑92 (Hale): Amendment adopted to create a class E felony for manipulating outcomes tied to prediction‑market contracts; committee approved the amendment and recorded the bill as amended.
- SB 22‑10 (Hill): Amendment adopted to ensure clerks provide case data to the sheriff's association for victim notification; recorded 8 ayes.
- SB 23‑23 (Hale): Amendment adopted modernizing pseudoephedrine sales and allowing online purchases with identity verification standards; recorded 8 ayes.
- SB 25‑33 (Hill): Amendment adopted to target opioid‑abatement dollars to mobile crisis and residential treatment and refer to finance for a fiscal review; recorded 7 ayes and 1 no.
- SB 16‑02 (Hatcher): Amendment adopted increasing penalties for hit‑and‑run incidents; recorded 8 ayes.
- SB 26‑19 (Yarbrough): The committee heard testimony and the DA conference testified in opposition; recorded outcome was 3 ayes, 3 noes and 2 present/not voting — the bill did not advance from committee.
- SB 9‑04 (Lamar): Proposal for QMHPs on mental‑health emergency responses failed to advance (committee recorded 2 ayes, 5 noes, 1 present not voting).
- SB 20‑11 (Kyle) to ban masked law‑enforcement identification during arrests failed on a 2‑to‑6 recorded vote.
These roll‑call tallies and committee actions are based on the committee record as announced by the clerk during the hearing.