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Votes at a glance: several Judiciary Committee bills and resolutions reported to the floor
Summary
The committee reported several additional bills and resolutions, many by recorded or unanimous vote: HB 2245 (sales‑tax exemption for gun locks and safes) passed unanimously; HB 2299 (body cameras for county probation and parole officers) passed unanimously; HB 2392 (boat‑DUI statute amendments) passed as amended; H.R. 547 (electronic monitoring study) passed 24–2; HB 1585 (booking‑photo extortion provisions) passed unanimously as amended.
Several other items on the committee agenda were reported to the floor with minimal debate:
- House Bill 2245: Counsel said the bill amends the tax code to exempt the sale of gun locks and gun safes from sales tax; the committee recorded unanimous passage. (Counsel: SEG 1284–1288.)
- House Bill 2299: Counsel summarized an update to the wiretap/body‑camera statutes to allow county probation and parole officers to use body cameras; the committee recorded unanimous passage. (Counsel: SEG 1313–1323.)
- House Bill 2392: Counsel described amendments aligning operating‑watercraft DUI provisions with recent Supreme Court cases, adding a 10‑year look‑back and other technical changes; the Hohenstein amendment passed unanimously and the bill as amended was reported to the floor. (Counsel: SEG 1343–1418.)
- House Resolution 547: Counsel said the resolution directs a study on the use of electronic monitoring as an alternative to incarceration; the resolution passed by roll call (24–2). (Counsel: SEG 1783–1790; vote: SEG 1827.)
- House Bill 1585: Counsel described the bill criminalizing solicitation of payment to remove or refrain from publishing booking photographs; an amendment moved the prohibition into the theft‑by‑extortion statute and established administrative removal procedures; the amendment and the bill as amended passed unanimously. (Counsel: SEG 1839–1882.)
The committee adjourned after noting at least one voting meeting next week.
