1-30-26 Committee On Judiciary

Joint Standing Committee on the Judiciary · January 30, 2026

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Annual report: Deadly Force Review Panel

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The committee opened with the panels annual report. Fernand Larochelle (former chair) summarized the panels findings and recommendations, including re-emphasizing mandatory cruiser and body cameras for officers and expanding victim and officer referral to mental-health services. The panel reported reviewing 9 cases in 2025 and identified 616 "yellow flag" (WRO) orders issued in 2025; Larochelle noted 45 such orders already in 2026. The panel recommended a statutory change to require courts, at the time of dismissal for nonrestorability, to order DHHS custody for an involuntary commitmentex

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The Joint Standing Committee on the Judiciary received the Deadly Force Review Panel's annual report and a report from the Office of Behavioral Health on expanding treatment courts, held a work session on proposed strangulation/suffocation changes (LD 1572) that was tabled for further drafting, and voted 10-0 in committee in favor of a resolve clarifying retroactive application of foreclosure case law (LD 1444).

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