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Judiciary committee reports several criminal-justice bills to the floor
Summary
The committee moved multiple bills to the chamber floor with favorable reports, including measures on school threats, motor-vehicle key emulators, statutory cleanups, reckless operation at 100 mph, and parole alternatives. Several measures passed with recorded roll calls and at least one committee objection.
The Judiciary Committee advanced a slate of bills to the full chamber during the hearing, several by unanimous or near-unanimous consent and others after recorded roll calls.
Items the committee reported favorably include:
- House Bill 137 (school threats and sentencing) — sponsor presented penalties for knowingly communicating threats to schools and juvenile interventions; committee reported favorably (chair announced no objections).
- House Bill 1104 (possession of motor-vehicle key-programming/relay devices) — creates a misdemeanor for emulator possession to address rising auto theft; reported favorably.
- House Bill 552 (statutory cleanup replacing 'intoxicated' with 'impaired' across statutes) — part of a district-attorney package; reported favorably.
- House Bill 552 and House Bill 552 (cleanup bills) and House Bill 552 package items — read in support and reported favorably.
- House Bill 1009 (reckless operation at 100 mph) — reported favorably after sponsor explained enforcement rationale for interstate corridors.
- House Bill 54 (parole alternatives) — expands in-lieu-of-revocation options and program windows to 1 year to increase access to rehabilitative programming; reported favorably after questions about safeguards.
Some items were moved with roll-call votes and objections on the record (for example, HB 1107 and HB 396 had recorded objections during roll calls). Many law-enforcement groups, district attorney associations, child-advocacy organizations and other stakeholders filed cards in support across the day's bills.
Committee action does not finalize policy; bills reported favorably now proceed to the full chamber for further debate, amendment, and a final vote.
