Committee Agenda

Committee:    Senate Judiciary
Room:     413
Date:     Friday, February 15, 2008
Time:     10:00 AM



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         HB 1129 *     establish the Commission on Equal Access to Our Courts and to make an appropriation therefor and to provide for the distribution of any residual funds from class action lawsuits to the commission or other nonprofit charitable organizations.
             Representatives Cutler, Deadrick, Engels, Feinstein, Gillespie, Hunt, and Lust and Senators Heidepriem, Knudson, and Turbak Berry

         HB 1138 *     prohibit the use of a false academic degree or a degree that is not completed.
             Representatives Novstrup (Al), DeVries, Elliott, Gassman, Gosch, Hills, Howie, McLaughlin, and Turbiville and Senators Gant and Turbak Berry

         HB 1146 *     revise certain provisions regarding subsequent administration of an estate.
             Representatives Feinstein, Cutler, Gosch, Hunt, and Van Norman and Senators Turbak Berry and Heidepriem

         HB 1162      prohibit the branding of a minor and to provide a penalty therefor.
             Representatives Cutler, Feinstein, Lucas, Rave, and Willadsen and Senators Gray, Hunhoff, Jerstad, Koetzle, and Turbak Berry

         HB 1163 *     increase the duration of juvenile diversion programs.
             Representatives Cutler, Feinstein, Lucas, Rave, and Willadsen and Senators Gray, Hunhoff, Jerstad, Koetzle, and Turbak Berry

         HB 1168      clarify the penalty applicable to violations of certain no contact orders.
             Representatives Cutler, Buckingham, Gilson, Halverson, Haverly, Krebs, Novstrup (David), Rave, and Street and Senators Albers, Abdallah, Bartling, Koetzle, Olson (Ed), and Sutton

         HB 1198      revise the amount of a judgment in a petty offense case.
             Representatives Cutler, Ahlers, Glenski, Hills, Moore, Noem, Van Etten, Vanneman, Weems, and Willadsen and Senators Knudson, Abdallah, Hansen (Tom), Hunhoff, McCracken, Smidt (Orville), and Sutton

         HB 1238 *     revise the limitation period for commencing child abuse prosecutions.
             Representatives Gillespie, Burg, Cutler, Deadrick, Dennert, Dykstra, Elliott, Engels, Feinstein, Gassman, Glenski, Halverson, Hargens, Krebs, Lucas, Miles, Nygaard, Peters, Rhoden, Sigdestad, Street, and Thompson and Senators Hanson (Gary), Abdallah, Albers, Apa, Heidepriem, and Olson (Ed)

         HB 1239      permit persons convicted of driving under the influence to operate a vehicle for 24/7 sobriety testing and to declare an emergency.
             Representatives Gillespie, Ahlers, Bradford, Burg, Cutler, Dennert, Elliott, Engels, Feinstein, Gassman, Glenski, Halverson, Hargens, Krebs, Lucas, Lust, Miles, Nygaard, Peters, Sigdestad, Street, and Thompson and Senators Heidepriem, Albers, and Koetzle

         HB 1260      revise sex offender registry provisions for persons without a residence address.
             Representatives Cutler, Buckingham, Hunt, Novstrup (David), Peters, Rave, and Turbiville and Senators Abdallah, Albers, Dempster, Gant, Hauge, Napoli, Nesselhuf, Schmidt (Dennis), Smidt (Orville), and Two Bulls

         BILLS FOR POSSIBLE ACTION WHICH HAVE HAD PRIOR HEARING.

         HB 1100 *     create a rebuttable presumption against the award of custody to any person with a proven history of domestic abuse.
             Representatives Vehle, Deadrick, Dennert, and Elliott and Senator Hansen (Tom) at the request of the Interim Committee on Education for Divorcing Parents, Visitation, and Custody Task Force

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         GENE G. ABDALLAH, Chair