At a previous meeting, the House Courts and Criminal Code Committee heard SB 232 on statewide 911 systems authored by Sen. Walker, Sen. Crider, and Sen. Freeman, and sponsored by Rep. Barrett. The bill, in relevant part, changes the offense, from a Class B misdemeanor to a Class A misdemeanor, for false informing; and provides that the offense for false informing is a Level 6 … [Read more...] about Statewide 911 system
Disaster emergency
The House Public Health Committee heard SB 234 on disaster emergency authored by Sen. Garten, Sen. Freeman, and Sen. Holdman, and sponsored by Rep. Lehman. The bill provides that a state of disaster emergency declared by the governor expires after 30 days and prohibits the governor from calling a new state of disaster emergency unless the new disaster is wholly unrelated to an … [Read more...] about Disaster emergency
Absenteeism and school attendance
The House Committee on Education heard SB 282 on absenteeism and school attendance authored by Sen. Donato, Sen. Rogers, and Sen. Raatz and sponsored by Rep. Carbaugh. The bill requires the superintendent or attendance officer to report a child to the intake officer of the juvenile court not more than 10 days after the child becomes a habitual truant unless an exception applies. The … [Read more...] about Absenteeism and school attendance
Administrative law
The Senate Judiciary Committee heard HB 1003 concerning administrative law sponsored by Sen. Carrasco. The author, Rep. Steuerwald gave background on the bill. The bill: The committee discussed amendment # 12 which: Amendment #12 passed 9-2. The Committee then amended the bill further to delete the phrase "without deference" and insert "independent of" in the provision … [Read more...] about Administrative law
Security of property and meeting decorum
The Senate Corrections and Criminal Law Committee heard HB 1338 on the security of property and meeting decorum sponsored by Sens. Baldwin and Alexander. The bill authorizes governing bodies of certain local government agencies to adopt rules or policies governing the conduct of meetings and that a provision of the tort claims law providing immunity to a government entity or … [Read more...] about Security of property and meeting decorum