Caller urges passage of House Bill 239 in brief public testimony to Senate Judiciary Committee

The Senate Judiciary Committee opened public testimony on House Bill 239, described in the record as 9criminally negligent homicide failure to assist9 and sponsored in the House by Representative Cupp. The committee limited callers to two minutes and heard one online commenter, Julie Anne Cox, who spoke in support of the measure.

"My name is Julie Anne Cox," she said, and described personal harm related to her daughter9s 2011 DUI and related charges. Cox told the committee she was speaking for 9death family and friends of ours9 and urged lawmakers to pass the bill: "Please pass this bill and give justice for 6,000." She did not expand on what the figure referred to in the two-minute statement.

The committee recorded no sponsor remarks and closed public testimony on HB 239 with no committee action recorded in the transcript. The committee adjourned and scheduled its next meeting for April 15 at 1:30 p.m., when it will continue confirmation hearings and take an initial hearing on Senate Bill 247.