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2017 Bill(s)
HB 37 Sponsor:Higdon, Galen Status: H Crime Prevention & Public Safety Description: Make it a misdemeanor crime to cross a police barricade without authorization.
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* HCS HB 38 Sponsor:Higdon, Galen Status: H Rules - Legislative Oversight Description: Repeal mandatory minimum sentences for a number of offenses. Allow parole hearings for model prisoners, with exceptions such as first degree murder and crimes involving firearms.
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HB 39 Sponsor:Higdon, Galen Status: H Perfection Description: Require a police report for every instance in which a vehicle was towed when a police officer was involved.
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HB 40 Sponsor:Higdon, Galen Status: H Crime Prevention & Public Safety Description: Expand the Amber Alert system for missing children to include law enforcement alerts for a person who assaulted a police officer and then fled -- called "Blue Alert"
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HCS HB 293 Sponsor:Higdon, Galen Status: S Transport., Infrastructure & Safety Description: Prohibit anyone paid for operating a motor vehicle from using a hand-held wireless device while operating the vehicle, with some exceptions such as emergency vehicles or reporting a crime. Not assigned to a Senate committee until the day before the session's last day.
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* HB 534 Sponsor:Higdon, Galen Status: H 2nd Read Description: Require public and charter schools to offer drivers' education courses with credit. Require completing a drivers education program for getting one's first driving license. Impose a $1 fee on motor vehicle and trailer registration for a driving education fund.
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HB 601 Sponsor:Higdon, Galen Status: H Professional Registration & Licensing Description: Regulate and license radiology technologists.
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HCS HB 971 Sponsor:Higdon, Galen Status: H Rules - Administrative Oversight Description: Provide cost-of-living increases for Transportation Department disability benefits.
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HB 1046 Sponsor:Higdon, Galen Status: H Crime Prevention & Public Safety Description: Establish provisions under which a judge can disregard the mandatory minimum sentencing requirements such as if the crime did not involve an act of violence or a sex act against a minor.
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HJR 22 Sponsor:Higdon, Galen Status: H Crime Prevention & Public Safety Description: Impose an additional $1 fee on motor and water vehicle fees to fund an driving education fund.
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