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Committee adopts amendment narrowing felony elements in Senate Bill 409, then passes the bill
Summary
The chair moved and the committee adopted Amendment 1389h to Senate Bill 409 to narrow the felony elements to specific dangerous acts; the amendment and the bill both passed unanimously, 13-0. Members said law enforcement supports the changes and a floor amendment is expected.
Chair opened an executive session on Senate Bill 409 and moved Amendment 1389h, saying the change narrows the statute to ‘‘specific things that were particularly dangerous behavior that someone would have to knowingly do to rise to the level of a felony.’’
The chair argued the amendment was a compromise adopted after prior discussion because the original language was ‘‘too broad to make it a felony.’’…
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