October 7, 2026 · JUDICIARY · 667 words · 5 speakers · 14 segments
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. Good afternoon, everyone. The House Judiciary Committee will come to order. Will the Secretary please call the roll?
Chairman Briggs? Here.
Abney?
Carol? Designation.
Oh, he's here. I'm sorry.
You're good. Carol? Okay.
Donahue? Hanbridge? Hohenstein? Designation. Howard? Kenyatta? Kinkead? Mays? Designation. pla rab designation sanchez designation schusterman designation chairman kaufman bonner or representatives bonner sorry borowitz designation ham designation herwin designation clunk krupa kuzma designation ledbetter designation margettis designation hugh designation rigby mr chairman a quorum is present thank you
secretary having a quorum we will proceed with today's agenda which will be a two bill senate bill 1212 and house bill 2840 uh first bill i will call up is senate bill 1212 introduced by
senator pennycook uh council please provide a brief description of the bill mr chairman senate bill 1212 sponsored by senator pennycook senator brown and senator langerholt amends the sex assault testing and evidence collection act to broaden the definition of awaiting testing to allow for more sexual assault evidence to be forensically analyzed. This bill will standardize the submission process for all rape kits obtained by law enforcement and will result in an estimated increase in the number of sexual assault test kit testing submissions for forensic analysis by 400 cases annually. This bill unanimously passed the Senate on June 25, 2026. It takes effect immediately and there are no amendments. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Thank you, counsel. Are there any comments on Senate Bill 1212? So the question is, a committee considers Senate Bill 1212. Are there any negative votes on Senate Bill 1212? Thank you, member secretary. Please record a unanimous vote for Senate Bill 1212. Second on the agenda, the final bill for this meeting, the chair will call up House Bill 2840. Counsel, please provide a brief description of the bill.
Mr. Chairman, House Bill 2840, sponsored by Chairman Briggs, amends Title 18, Section 3923, the theft by extortion statute to prohibit soliciting or accepting payment to remove or refrain from publishing or disseminating booking photographs. Moreover the bill establishes a procedure for individuals whose criminal history information is no longer publicly available to request a non justice agency to remove and destroy their booking photographs. Failure to remove or destroy the booking photo within seven calendar days of the request will result in a civil penalty of $100 per day, as well as any other relief provided under section 9 9183 mr chairman since 2012 19 states have enacted laws addressing this issue and this bill previously passed the house floor and this committee unanimously this bill takes effect in 60 days and there are no amendments thank you mr chairman thank you council the
question is will the committee uh recommend house bill 2840 are there any comments on the bill
so just real quick i i we did consider this bill uh the staff put a lot of work in it um i've decided to reintroduce it under my name um i think the body of the bill is uh is a good bill and to uh increase its uh chances um and to kind of correct a wrong that i i did when i when i considered this bill earlier um i just wanted to uh kind of set the record straight and put it under my bill and consider it.
So no other comments. Any negative votes on House Bill 2840? Thank you, members. Secretary, please report a unanimous vote on 2840 to the floor. Pass as reported as committed. So October, we have like four more session days. We are trying to accommodate as many interests as possible. So I don't foresee anything today, but I will try to communicate as much time as is noticed with Chairman Kauffman. And, you know, when we come back the next session week, we'll try to communicate as far in advance if things are coming together. So thank you. Meetings adjourned. Thank you.