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Judiciary Committee advances multiple bills to the floor; consent calendar items held open for roll call
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Summary
The Judiciary Committee placed several criminal-justice and public-safety bills on the consent calendar and advanced others to the floor with committee recommendations. Votes were held open until 3:00 p.m. for members joining remotely.
The Judiciary Committee met on March 24, 2026, and moved a set of bills to the floor and to committee referrals, placing several items on a consent calendar and holding the formal roll-call votes open until 3 p.m. for members to confirm remote or late votes.
Committee leaders read a consent calendar that included Senate Bill 259 (female genital mutilation, LCO 3508), Senate Bill 400 (probate court operations, as amended, LCO 3542 and amendment A), Senate Bill 502 (discretionary transfer from juvenile to adult court), House Bill 5311 (nonissuance of a standing criminal protective order in family violence cases), House Bill 5490 (requirements for sober living homes), and House Bill 5563 (various criminal proposals). The clerk held those votes open to accommodate members joining remotely or submitting a late vote.
Separately, the committee voted to send the following bills to the floor with committee recommendations: Senate Bill 484 (distracted driving and safe operation in work zones) to JFAA; Senate Bill 509 (address verification reform for registrants) to JFS; House Bill 5043 (prohibiting manufacture and sale of convertible pistols/ghost guns) to JFS; House Bill 5567 (health care in the Department of Correction) to GFS with amendment A. The committee announced that votes on items on the consent calendar would remain open until 3:00 p.m. so members driving or joining by phone could register their votes.
The reading and holding of consent votes concluded with the chair noting that the Judiciary Committee would not meet Friday and would return Monday for the JF deadline to finish outstanding business.
Actions recorded by the committee included motions to place items on consent, oral amendments adopted to certain bills (for example the striking of sections 5 and 6 from SB 400), and multiple roll-call votes sending bills to floor committees. The clerk’s roll-call entries were read aloud to create the official record; the committee held votes open to ensure accurate participation from remote and late members.
