04/16/2021 01:00 PM House JUDICIARY

         HB 116-JUVENILES: JUSTICE,FACILITES,TREATMENT                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
[Contains discussion on HB 105}                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
1:24:51 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR CLAMAN announced  that the next order of  business would be                                                               
HOUSE BILL NO. 116, "An Act  relating to care of juveniles and to                                                               
juvenile justice;  relating to  employment of  juvenile probation                                                               
officers  by  the  Department  of  Health  and  Social  Services;                                                               
relating  to   terms  used  in  juvenile   justice;  relating  to                                                               
mandatory  reporters  of  child  abuse or  neglect;  relating  to                                                               
sexual assault  in the third  degree; relating to  sexual assault                                                               
in the fourth degree; repealing  a requirement for administrative                                                               
revocation of  a minor's driver's  license, permit,  privilege to                                                               
drive,  or  privilege to  obtain  a  license for  consumption  or                                                               
possession of  alcohol or drugs;  and providing for  an effective                                                               
date."                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
1:25:34 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE DRUMMOND  expressed her support for  the revisions                                                               
to statute  that HB  116 would effect  and expressed  her support                                                               
for the passage of HB 116.                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
1:26:03 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  VANCE expressed  her hope  that the  House Health                                                               
and  Social   Services  Standing   Committee  would   strive  for                                                               
conformity  between HB  105 and  HB 116  to ultimately  close any                                                               
loophole  that would  prohibit prosecution  of  those who  commit                                                               
crimes against vulnerable people.                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
1:26:40 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  EASTMAN  urged  for an  intuitive,  logical,  and                                                               
consistent approach in defining terms  in statute such as "minor"                                                               
so that any lay person can understand them.                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
1:27:56 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE KURKA  stated that  it had  been his  intention to                                                               
offer an  amendment and  that the  deadline to  submit it  to the                                                               
House Judiciary  Standing Committee had  passed.  He  stated that                                                               
language in Section 6, on page  3, lines 2-4 lists individuals in                                                               
a "position  of authority" and  may contain a  grammatical error.                                                               
He  requested an  amendment be  made or  that HB  116 be  held in                                                               
committee until such an amendment could be made.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
1:30:01 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR CLAMAN  reminded members that  the deadline  for amendments                                                               
had  been announced  at the  House  Judiciary Standing  Committee                                                               
meeting held on April 12, 2021,  and acknowledged that HB 105 had                                                               
previously been  moved from committee,  and discussion  had taken                                                               
place  that  the  House  Health   and  Social  Services  Standing                                                               
Committee would likely scrutinize any  overlap between HB 105 and                                                               
HB 116.  He reminded  Representative Kurka that the prime sponsor                                                               
of  HB 116  was  a member  of House  Health  and Social  Services                                                               
Standing Committee and  encouraged him to continue  his intent to                                                               
amend either bill in that committee of referral.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
1:31:21 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE SNYDER spoke  as a member of the  House Health and                                                               
Social  Services  Standing  Committee  and  reassured  interested                                                               
parties  that it  would be  the  intention of  that committee  to                                                               
scrutinize HB 105 and HB 116 for any overlap that may exist.                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
1:32:05 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
The committee took an at-ease from 1:32 p.m. to 1:33 p.m.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
1:33:48 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE SNYDER  moved to  report HB  116 out  of committee                                                               
with  individual  recommendations  and  the  accompanying  fiscal                                                               
notes.   There being no  objections, HB  116 was reported  out of                                                               
the House Judiciary Standing Committee.