FIFTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE

FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 2025

 

March 8, 2025

 

 

 

Mr. Speaker:

 

    Your JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred

 

HOUSE BILL 428

 

has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:

 

     1. On page 1, line 18, after "OUTLETS", insert "; PROVIDING THAT A RULE SHALL NOT INCLUDE INTERNAL SECURITY PROCEDURES".

 

     2. On page 8, line 11, after "RULES", insert "--EXEMPTIONS".

 

     3. On page 8, line 19, strike "forty-five" and insert in lieu thereof "thirty".

 

     4. On page 8, line 24, strike the closing quotation mark and between lines 24 and 25, insert:

 

               "C. As used in this section, a rule shall not include internal security procedures related to:

 

                (1) inmate escape;

 

                (2) hostage and riot response;

 

                (3) crisis negotiation response teams;

 

                (4) correctional emergency response teams;

 

                (5) emergency preparedness management unit;

 

                (6) security threat intelligence units;

 

                (7) facility design;

 

                (8) perimeter security, including towers, rovers, vehicle controls, traffic and gate controls; or

 

                (9) the management of a correctional facility's schedules, transport details, command center, master control or housing unit controls and their functions."".

 

 

 

                             

                             Respectfully submitted

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                 

Christine Chandler, Chair

 

 

Adopted     Not Adopted

           (Chief Clerk)                            (Chief Clerk)

 

Date

 

 

The roll call vote was 4 For 3 Against

Yes:      4

No:       Chavez, N., Hall II, Reeb

Excused:  Abeyta, Martinez, A., Martínez, J., McQueen

Absent:   None

 

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