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Lawmakers debate House Bill 336 amendments that limit when court commissioners can issue arrest warrants
Summary
Legislators at a Judiciary Committee discussion heard that amendments to House Bill 336 would narrow when district court commissioners may issue criminal summonses and arrest warrants, require 72-hour review by a state's attorney for off-hours warrants, and add yearly reporting to the General Assembly; members pressed for more data and proposed a work group to study impacts on victims and wrongful arrests.
Members of the Judiciary Committee on Friday debated amendments to House Bill 336 that would change how and when district court commissioners may issue criminal summonses and arrest warrants.
Claire, who summarized the amended bill for the panel, said the changes would "limit the circumstances under which a district court commissioner may issue a criminal summons or an arrest warrant to an individual other than a police officer or a state's attorney." She told the committee that "if the commissioner issues an arrest warrant when the district court is not open for business, the state's attorney must review the case within 72 hours to determine whether to request that a judge of the district court or the circuit court recall the arrest warrant and issue a summons in its place." The amendments also would require the judiciary to report annually to the General…
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