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.