The House Courts and Criminal Code Committee heard HB 1225 concerning failure to yield to emergency vehicles authored by Rep. McNamara. The bill provides for a Level 6 felony when a person fails to yield to an emergency vehicle and causes serious bodily injury or death to any person operating, occupying, or affiliated with the emergency vehicle. The committee discussed an a … [Read more...] about Failure to yield to emergency vehicles
Court matters
The House Courts and Criminal Code Committee heard HB 1313 concerning court matters authored by Rep. J. Young. The bill amends the magistrate statutes to provide magistrates have the same powers as judges, except judicial mandate, sunsets the judicial technology oversight committee (JTOC), and increases the small claims jurisdictional limit to $8,000. The bill was amended by … [Read more...] about Court matters
Jail overcrowding
The House Courts and Criminal Code Committee heard HB 1346 concerning jail overcrowding authored by Rep. Frye. The bill was filed based on recommendations from the Jail Overcrowding Task Force and addressed recommendations regarding data collection for sheriffs, creating a workgroup under the Justice Reinvestment Advisory Council (JRAC) to address jail overcrowding, and for a pilot … [Read more...] about Jail overcrowding
Target shooting liability and agritourism
The Senate Judiciary Committee heard SB 9 on target shooting liability and agritourism. The bill, authored by Sen. Tomes, provides that a person who goes upon a premises for the purpose of target shooting does not have an assurance that the premises is safe for that purpose. The bill also provides that a natural resource based agritourism activity includes target shooting. The bill … [Read more...] about Target shooting liability and agritourism
Review of criminal penalties during the interim
The Senate Committee on Corrections and Criminal Code heard SB 14 for the review of criminal penalties in the interim for amend and vote only. The bill, authored by Sen. M. Young, Sen. Bray, and Sen. Lanane, specifies that it is the policy of the general assembly that every provision affecting criminal penalties in a bill shall be reviewed and approved by the interim study committee … [Read more...] about Review of criminal penalties during the interim