Quick roundup: Judiciary Committee voice votes and technical bills moved forward
April 03, 2023 | JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE, Senate, Committees, Legislative, Arkansas
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The Senate Judiciary Committee moved a number of technical, administrative and uniform-law items during the hearing by voice vote or unanimous consent.
Among the measures advanced were a clarification to the identification-bureau statute changing "electronic means" to "LiveScan" for noncriminal-justice fingerprint submissions (SB524); a provision specifying that rapid DNA cheek swabs taken during booking are not to be retained by the booking agency after the automated rapid-DNA process (SB526); an addition of licensed massage therapists to the mandated-reporter list (House Bill 1729); uniform-law items on easement relocation and community-property disposition (HB1408, HB1409); and membership adjustments for the interstate compact council on adult-offender supervision (SB455). Several other technical code revisions and family-law guideline directives were also approved or sent forward.
Most of these items passed without public opposition recorded in committee and were described by sponsors as clarifying existing practice rather than introducing new regulatory programs. Where officials appeared to clarify operations (for example, the Arkansas State Police explained that LiveScan refers to a generic digital fingerprint-capture machine and is not a proprietary brand), committee members accepted the explanation and voted to advance the bills.
What's next: These bills will be taken up by the full Senate or transmitted to relevant administrative authorities for implementing guidance as needed.
Among the measures advanced were a clarification to the identification-bureau statute changing "electronic means" to "LiveScan" for noncriminal-justice fingerprint submissions (SB524); a provision specifying that rapid DNA cheek swabs taken during booking are not to be retained by the booking agency after the automated rapid-DNA process (SB526); an addition of licensed massage therapists to the mandated-reporter list (House Bill 1729); uniform-law items on easement relocation and community-property disposition (HB1408, HB1409); and membership adjustments for the interstate compact council on adult-offender supervision (SB455). Several other technical code revisions and family-law guideline directives were also approved or sent forward.
Most of these items passed without public opposition recorded in committee and were described by sponsors as clarifying existing practice rather than introducing new regulatory programs. Where officials appeared to clarify operations (for example, the Arkansas State Police explained that LiveScan refers to a generic digital fingerprint-capture machine and is not a proprietary brand), committee members accepted the explanation and voted to advance the bills.
What's next: These bills will be taken up by the full Senate or transmitted to relevant administrative authorities for implementing guidance as needed.
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