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The House Judiciary Committee advanced two measures on a long day, sending the Military Protection Orders bill (SB26-085) forward unanimously after an on-the-spot rewrite, and narrowly clearing HB26-1283, limiting employer seizures of workers' ID documents, on a bipartisan 6-5 split even the chair called unfinished.
Key Actions
·Protections Regarding Seizures of Identification DocumentsPassed
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Notable Quotes
“The problem is that MPOs are only enforceable on a military installation, leaving a dangerous gap in protection for victims.”
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Votes
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (6)Jennifer Bacon, Lorena Garcia, Naquetta Ricks, Yara Zokaie, Michael Carter, Javier Mabrey
No (5)Cecelia Espenoza, Ava Flanell, Rebecca Keltie, Scott Slaugh, Matt Soper
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (10)Cecelia Espenoza, Ava Flanell, Lorena Garcia, Rebecca Keltie, Naquetta Ricks, Scott Slaugh, Matt Soper, Yara Zokaie, Michael Carter, Javier Mabrey
Excused (1)Jennifer Bacon
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Miss Shipley, call the roll. Representatives Bacon. Oh Espinoza. Linnell, Garcia here with so much energy. Kelty Here. Ricks. Sorry brother. Very present Sloth here. Soper here. Okay, somewhat Present. Carter present. Mr. Chair here. All right committee members, we're going to start with Majority Leader Durant actually. Rep. Hartsuk. Thank you Mr. Chair. Good evening. Committee. We have a very simple bill in front of you so Senate Bill 85 that you're looking at. What this bill does is more of a coordination between local law enforcement and military law enforcement. Currently right now in the state we don't have a system and what we have is a lot of MOUs that exist around installations between local law enforcement and military law enforcement. For when there's an incident that is off base that involves a military person, then they deal with that. They usually notify the on base personnel and and then it's determined what is the extent, how do they want to handle that. What this bill is specifically saying regarding domestic violence of assault, if that happens and local law enforcement responds and they determine that one of the individuals that is in the domestic violence incident…
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