Committee Agenda

Committee:    House Judiciary
Room:    413
Date:    Monday, February 25, 2013
Time:    10:00 AM



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        SB 44     allow disqualification of commercial driver licenses for violations of federal, state, or local texting bans while driving a commercial vehicle to comply with federal regulations and requirements.
            The Committee on Judiciary at the request of the Department of Public Safety

        SB 198*     revise the membership of the Judicial Qualifications Commission.
            Senator Brown and Representative Cronin

        SB 223     clarify the open meetings requirement as applied to the Public Utilities Commission.
            Senator Brown and Representative Lust

        SB 227     revise provisions relating to the possession of firearms on snowmobiles.
            Senators Welke, Begalka, Bradford, Ewing, Frerichs, Holien, Jones, Kirkeby, Lucas, Monroe, Novstrup (Al), Omdahl, Otten (Ernie), Rampelberg, Rhoden, and Sutton and Representatives Greenfield, Campbell, Craig, Feickert, Heinert, Hunhoff (Bernie), Kaiser, Kopp, Latterell, May, Novstrup (David), Otten (Herman), Parsley, Peterson, Qualm, Rasmussen, Schoenfish, Schrempp, Steele, Tulson, Tyler, Verchio, and Wick

        BILLS FOR POSSIBLE ACTION WHICH HAVE HAD PRIOR HEARING.

        SB 174*     provide that an out-of-country foreign judgment need not be recognized if the cause of action resulted in a defamation judgment obtained in a jurisdiction outside the United States, unless a court in this state first determines that the defamation law applied in the foreign court's adjudication provided at least as much protection for freedom of speech and press as would be provided in this state by enacting the free speech defense Act.
            Senator Lederman and Representatives Hoffman and Stevens

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        BRIAN G. GOSCH, Chair