The House Judiciary Committee met this morning.
House Bill 3043 removes current law that requires a sheriff to be responsible for the transportation of a person accused of mental illness during a hearing.
Senate Bill 435 awards the service weapon of a retiring Division of Protective Service member to the retiree without charge when the retiring member honorably retires.
Senate Bill 437 authorizes the Commissioner of the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation or designee to request early discharge of a parolee after a minimum of one year on parole.
Senate Bill 449 clarifies that the Nonviolent Offense Parole Program is not available to offenders who are servicing a sentence aggregated either consecutively or concurrently with an offense that is a crime of violence against a person or animal, as well as felony-controlled substance offense, a felony firearm offense, nor a felony where a victim was a minor child.
The sub-committee on House Bill 4006 (the criminal code rewrite) will meet at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, February 8, 2022.
