Today in House Judiciary

We have a special order of business beginning at 10:30, and there are a few controversial items of note that could be debated.

Update: Action taken by the committee is in bold.

Special order of business - 10:30 a.m.
HB1015 (Abernathy): An act concerning registration of arsonists. Pulled down

Regular agenda
HB1008 (R. Green): To amend statute regarding grandparents visitation rights. Moved to deferred
HB1027 (Cole): An act increasing the penalty range for voyeurism for persons over the age of 18. Pulled down
HB1030 (Harrelson): Authorizes closing of unlicensed trans. housing for criminal offenders. Moved to deferred
HB1033 (Harrelson): An act to provide for the electronic publication and distribution of the Arkansas Reports. Passed
HB1051 (Greenberg): An act concerning the dissemination of criminal history information. Passed over
HB1058 (Creekmore): Removes the statute of limitations for rape, Kidnapping, and sexual assault. Passed over
HB1093 (Sample): An act concerning illegal immigration. Moved to deferred
HB1097 (Stewart): An act concerning carrying a concealed handgun on college campuses. Moved to deferred
HB1116 (Adcock): Makes it unlawful to reproduce, paint, or alter temp cardboard buyer's tag. Passed as amended
HB1161 (L. Smith): Creates offense of fraudulent filing of a UCC financing statement. Passed over
HB1213 (Patterson): Clarifies provisions of the Ark Residential Landlord-Tenant Act of 2007. Passed over
HB1215 (Hyde): On penalties for forbidding unsafe discharge of a firearm. Passed as amended
HB1227 (Nix): Lowers the BAC level threshold for repeat DWI offenders on suspended license. Passed over
HB1252 (Everett): Creates a community-based providers task force for juvenile services/treatment. Passed over
HB1255 (Greenberg): Concerns the burden of proof required to corroborate a defendant's confession. Pulled down

Also, HB1261 was referred to us late yesterday afternoon and didn't make it to today's agenda. Because of the lack of notice, we won't hear that bill today.