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Committee reconciles prior resisting-law-enforcement language; technical bill passes unanimously
Summary
House Bill 1056 resolves conflicting enrolled acts on resisting law enforcement so previously intended penalty increases take effect; committee approved the emergency reconciliation and passed it 12–0.
Representative Meltzer explained that House Bill 1056 reconciles two enrolled acts from the prior session whose conflicting language caused the rule of lenity to prevent an intended increase in resisting-law-enforcement penalties from taking effect. The bill designates the matter an emergency to restore the higher penalty structure intended in 2024.
Representative Meltzer said the fiscal impact attached earlier reflects the policy already assumed by the prior analysis and that the bill simply repeats that policy to correct a technical conflict. The committee passed the measure unanimously by roll call.
