Committee Agenda

Committee:    Senate Judiciary
Room:     413
Date:     Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Time:     10:00 AM



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         HB 1149      extend the period of time a protection order granted upon a finding of domestic abuse may remain in effect.
             Representatives Novstrup (David), Boomgarden, Feinstein, Gillespie, Kirkeby, Moore, Novstrup (Al), Pitts, Rounds, and Street and Senators McCracken, Abdallah, Albers, Gant, Koetzle, Nesselhuf, Sutton, and Turbak Berry

         HB 1157 *     revise certain provisions relating to the residency or military presence of parties in divorce or separate maintenance proceedings.
             Representatives Engels, Cutler, Feinstein, Gillespie, Lust, and Moore and Senators Turbak Berry, Abdallah, Albers, and Koetzle

         HB 1173 *     revise certain provisions pertaining to the effect of suspended impositions of sentence on parole eligibility of certain offenders.
             Representatives Gosch, Juhnke, Kirkeby, Lust, Olson (Betty), Olson (Ryan), Rhoden, and Turbiville and Senators Hansen (Tom), Abdallah, Gray, and McCracken

         HB 1201 *     revise certain provisions regarding the placement or return of abused or neglected children.
             Representatives Cutler, Buckingham, Gillespie, Gilson, Lucas, and Peters and Senators Gray, Dempster, Hunhoff, Katus, and Maher

         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

         BILLS FOR POSSIBLE ACTION WHICH HAVE HAD PRIOR HEARING.

         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 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