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Judiciary committee advances three substitutes, including change to child-maintenance rule
Summary
The Missouri House Judiciary Committee adopted House Committee substitutes and voted 'do pass' on three bills—House Bill 19-10 (child-maintenance change tied to certain DWI convictions), House Bill 31-16 (civil jurisprudence omnibus), and House Bill 3,289 (court operations with treatment court administrator).
The Missouri House Judiciary Committee voted to advance three committee substitutes Tuesday, approving recommendations that send the measures to the next stage of the legislative process.
The committee adopted a substituted version of House Bill 19-10, which addresses child maintenance for certain persons convicted of DWI, after adopting a committee amendment that changed mandatory language to discretionary language for judges. Representative Davis, who offered the amendment, said the change "simply changes the shallows to may" to allow courts to "look at the totality of the circumstances." Chair Cameron Parker then moved the substitute be voted "do pass," and the committee recorded a roll-call result the clerk reported as 7 ayes, 0 noes and 1 present.
The panel also approved House Bill 31-16, described as a civil-jurisprudence package that rolls together prior committee bills including a uniform deposition act and provisions allowing circuit courts to dissolve LLCs. The committee adopted a House Committee substitute and voted the substitute "do pass" by a reported 8-0 tally.
Finally, the committee voted "do pass" on the House Committee substitute for House Bill 3,289, a court-operations bill that includes an amendment adding a treatment court administrator for circuits that operate treatment courts but lack an administrator, subject to appropriations. The clerk reported that vote as 8 ayes, 0 noes.
What it means: Committee "do pass" votes are a recommendation to the full House; the measures will move forward in the legislative process. The committee record shows adoption of amendments and substitutes for the three bills. The transcript reports the amendment vote on HB 19-10 as having been adopted by recorded voice/roll call (the transcript language around the precise amendment tally is unclear beyond the chair's declaration that the amendment was adopted), and the subsequent substitute vote was recorded as 7 ayes, 0 noes, 1 present.
The committee concluded its executive session business before moving to public hearings on other bills.
