I was back in the House Judiciary Committee this morning for
the final action on H. 88. The committee voted unanimously to send the bill to
the House floor. There was one amendment
to the bill that would require joinder of actions if a divorce, for example,
was filed. You can read draft 2.1 which is the draft that was voted on here:
This afternoon, the committee will return to the minor
guardianship bill, H. 581, with hopes of completing its work on that bill also.
I’m not that certain it’s ready yet but it’s certainly close to being done.
Then, tomorrow, S. 119 is up for “mark up” in the afternoon. Given the weather
forecast, at least right now, anything can happen to schedules this week.
Wednesday morning brings a change in focus for the committee
as they look at three bills for the first time. They will look at H. 731, a
bill that would permit a party to request that a judicial officer other than an
assistant judge preside in a small claims action and that would require the
rules of evidence apply when such a request is made. The second bill, H. 545,
would increase the jurisdictional limit in small claims to $10,000. Finally,
the committee will hear about collateral consequences of conviction in H. 413. I
think this is the first time the House is considering this issue. I recall that
the Senate Judiciary Committee in the past has heard testimony on it but never
took action.
These are all interesting
issues that the committee will be focusing on as they enter the second
month of this year’s session. I’ll report on these and other happenings as I can.
Thanks for reading.
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