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Senate Judiciary reviews H937, a broad miscellaneous judiciary bill
Summary
The Senate Judiciary considered H937, a miscellaneous judiciary bill that bundles technical corrections and policy changes — including remote access to criminal records, family-division judgment renewal rules, expansion of rapid accountability dockets, stalking-law clarifications and other housekeeping measures — and deferred several items for further work.
The Senate Judiciary on April 17 examined H937, a miscellaneous judiciary bill that combines technical fixes and substantive policy changes ranging from electronic access to criminal case records to a planned pilot expansion of rapid accountability dockets.
Legislative counsel Michelle told the committee that the package includes two of her measures — changes to public dissemination of electronic criminal records and adjustments in family‑division judgment renewal — and a set of other provisions authored or requested by stakeholders. “There are, 2 that I’ll just mention, right off. 1 having to to do with dissemination public dissemination of electronic past criminal records,” she said while summarizing the bill as passed in the House.
Key provisions in the bill include: - Electronic case records:…
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