Committee Agenda

Committee:    House Judiciary
Room:     413
Date:     Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Time:     10:00 AM



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         HB 1102      prohibit certain contractual provisions that restrict legal actions to locations outside the state.
             Representatives Lust, Cutler, Deadrick, Engels, Feinstein, Hunt, Lederman, Peters, and Turbiville and Senators Gillespie, Abdallah, Bartling, Gray, Heidepriem, Maher, Nelson, Nesselhuf, and Schmidt

         HB 1128      allow a medical necessity to be used as a defense in certain cases involving the possession or use of marijuana.
             Representatives Lange, Iron Cloud III, Thompson, and Vanderlinde

         HB 1155      require that the testing of blood samples of suspects of sexual assault be completed within a specified time.
             Representatives Cutler, Boomgarden, Deadrick, Gibson, Lederman, Novstrup (David), Peters, Romkema, Sorenson, Street, Vanderlinde, and Vanneman and Senators Gillespie, Abdallah, Bartling, Gant, Jerstad, Maher, Miles, and Nesselhuf

         HB 1157      provide for the establishment of a task force to study issues relating to domestic abuse and sexual assault and to declare an emergency.
             Representatives Cutler, Boomgarden, Deadrick, Engels, Gibson, Lederman, Novstrup (David), Peters, Romkema, Street, Vanderlinde, and Vanneman and Senators Gillespie, Abdallah, Bartling, Gant, Jerstad, Maher, Miles, and Nesselhuf

         HB 1163      excuse certain elderly persons from jury duty upon request.
             Representatives Van Gerpen, Boomgarden, Carson, Feickert, Gibson, Hunhoff (Bernie), Jensen, Juhnke, Moser, Novstrup (David), Putnam, Sly, Steele, Thompson, Vanderlinde, and Verchio and Senators Hanson (Gary), Bartling, Fryslie, and Miles

         HB 1220      provide an affirmative defense regarding a violation involving an unchanging traffic-control device.
             Representatives Feinstein, Burg, Engels, Killer, and Putnam and Senators Merchant, Gillespie, Haverly, and Howie

         BILLS FOR POSSIBLE ACTION WHICH HAVE HAD PRIOR HEARING.

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         JONI M. CUTLER, Chair