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2011 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Courts of Justice
Subcommittee Criminal

Reynolds (Chairman), Norment, Howell, McDougle, Deeds, McEachin, Stuart

Clerk: Angi Murphy, Cheryl Law
Staff: J. French, M. Felch, K. Stokes
Date of Meeting: February 17, 2011
Time and Place: 07:30am/Senate Room A

H.B. 1699

Patron: Athey

Restoration of firearms rights. Requires that an audio recording be made of a hearing requested by a person to restore his right to possess or carry a firearm after being acquitted by reason of insanity, adjudicated legally incompetent or mentally incapacitated, or involuntarily committed for mandatory treatment. In addition, the bill defines "treatment record" and makes parallel the process for the request and conduct of a hearing to restore firearms rights under these circumstances.

H.B. 2026

Patron: May

Commercial vehicles; persons required to register with the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry. Prohibits persons for whom registration with the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry is required from driving school buses and from being issued commercial driver's licenses and instruction permits to drive school buses.

H.B. 2396

Patron: Bell, Robert B.

Unlawful solicitation of a child by an adult; penalty. Provides that any adult who, by an offer of something of value or by misrepresentation of his identity, lures or entices a minor who is three or more years younger than the adult to enter a motor vehicle is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. There would be rebuttable presumption that the prohibition does not apply to any law-enforcement officer in the performance of his duties, to any family or household member or guardian of the minor, or to any person who has permission, granted by an adult family member of the minor or the guardian of the minor, to transport the minor.

H.B. 2450

Patron: Gilbert

Establishment of pretrial services agencies.  Removes the mandatory requirement that any city, county or combination thereof that is required to submit a community-based corrections plan also establish a pretrial services agency, but preserves the permissive authority for any city, county or combination thereof to establish a pretrial services agency.