The House Judiciary Committee met this morning. Three bills were up for consideration.
House Bill 4190 establishes an alert system for missing cognitively impaired persons, called a Purple Alert. The bill provides for the use of video recordings to be used for search purposes. The effect date would be 2025. The committee substitute advances to the House Floor.
House Bill 4250 establishes the crime of torture. The penalty would be a determinate sentence of not less than 15 years. Torture is defined as a person using cruel or extreme physical or mental pain and suffering, serious bodily injury, or severe mental pain or suffering another person while within his or her custody or physical control. Other definitions are clarified as well. The bill was referred to a subcommittee.
House Bill 4252 creates the framework to recognize, register, and enforce Canadian Domestic Violence Orders. The bill advances to the floor.
