14:55 → 15:55(1m 0s)
Chair calls the Judiciary Committee hearing to order, explains three-minute testimony limit and asks witnesses to identify the bill or resolution number when they testify. Requests that written testimony not be speed-read.
The Judiciary Committee (March 16, 2026) heard a mix of bill presentations and dozens of petitions asking the legislature to overturn claims-commissioner rulings. Lawmakers heard the claims commissioner advocate a change in his office's authority (HB 5535), multiple family-, medical- and negligence-related appeals seeking permission to sue the state, testimony supporting a pardon-fee waiver (SB 343), and debates about recreational-land immunity and condominium governance bills.
