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Bills discussed (4)
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HB1253
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HB1241
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HB1242
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HB1254
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Pre-2017 bill |
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Representative Marshall Wright
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0:00
Against the bill, please go ahead and sign up now. All right, thank you. A little bit of housekeeping, members, before we get started. Pencil in next Wednesday night on your calendar for Judiciary
Committee dinner. It's going to be really, really good. We're going to have a good time, relax, and get to visit with everybody. So just pencil that on your calendar.
All right, looks like, is there anybody here to present a bill? Is there anybody here to present a bill?
Mr. Steele, Representative Steele, we're going to do mine.
Mr. Chairman, I've got two here. I can take them in whichever order you would like. I guess the first one would be House Bill 1241. Okay, you're recognized. Present your bill. Pull it up if I can. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Okay, House Bill 1241 is just a clarification.
It's a cleanup bill that basically clarifies that time spent in county jails or other facilities working off old fines does not work off restitution. I think almost universally, district judges have recognized that, but it's not in the code. So we wanted to make sure that if someone has old fines and they're spending time in jail to pay off those old fines, a victim that's entitled to restitution as a result of that crime is not having their restitution diminished by that time in jail. I don't think
we haven't had any controversy from this from any of our judges or I don't believe anyone in the criminal defense bar has any issue
with it, so I'll be happy to take any questions if anybody's got any. Does anybody have any
Representative Marshall Wright
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2:19
questions? anybody wishing to speak for or against the bill for or against the bill I'd
like to recognize Mr. Chairman if I could my colleague here with Prosecutor Coordinator's Office and have her introduce herself
Speaker 16
2:32
Mr. Chairman, members of the committee I'm Lori Campuras I'm the Deputy Prosecutor Coordinator I think that Representative Steele has given a very good explanation of the bill this is an Arkansas Prosecuting Attorneys Association bill there have been some situations where it was a little bit unclear, and there's been some confusion over whether or not the provision that says you can work off your fines at $40 a day by serving time applies to restitution, and we just want to clarify that victims can still be made whole through restitution.
Speaker 18
3:07
Thank you. Anybody, any questions? Representative Steele, you want to close
your bill? I'll close my bill, and if I might make my own motion, Mr. Chairman,
Representative Marshall Wright
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3:19
I'd move to pass. We've got a motion to
do pass. All those in favor? Aye. All those opposed? Congratulations.
You've passed your bill. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you, committee. The next bill I have today is also a bill from the Prosecuting Attorney's Association. This is House Bill 1242.
It's another clarification bill. It's another clean-up bill. Not controversial. As far as I can tell, we've had no problem with any particular area of the bar here. This is a clarification that furnishing prohibited items, namely cell phones, have been an issue in the Department of Corrections and in community corrections facilities and county jails. This just simply says that that same prohibited item that's prohibited in ADC is also prohibited in county jails and other correctional facilities. It just clarifies that for the purposes of the code here.
I'll be happy to let Ms. Kempuris add to that if she has anything to add. I really don't. Nothing bad. So
Representative Marshall Wright
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4:21
I'll take any questions anybody might have. Anybody wishing to speak for or against the bill? For or against the bill? Representative Steele, just one comment. It's been a big problem in the 1st District. My sheriffs have contacted me about this, about cell phones in jail for various reasons. Thanks for doing it. All right, what's the pleasure of the committee?
Got a motion from Representative Slinker. Do pass. All those in favor? All those opposed All right, pass your bill Thank
Speaker 24
4:55
you Mr. Chairman and thanks again to the committee Thank you.
Representative Wright, you are recognized to present House Bill 1253. Thank you,
Representative Marshall Wright
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5:56
Mr. Chair. I appreciate it. I just want to let everybody know, sitting here to my left is Solomon Grays. He's with the Board of Parole. I have him here to answer any questions on the two bills I'm about to present. First is House Bill 1253 concerning the Waiver of Parole Replication Hearing. All this does is codify and clear up what is already being done. Right now, if somebody is on parole from the Department of Corrections
and they commit some sort of parole violation, they're entitled to have a hearing to determine if they violated their parole. Also, what they have been doing for years, as long as I've been practicing law, 13 years, they have also been waiving their right that they don't want to have a parole hearing. If the person says, look, I made a mistake, violated my parole, I'll go back and do some time and go from there.
All this does is codify this, what we've already been doing, that says that the person can choose to waive that hearing knowingly and intelligently, and they've already been getting that right. We just want to make sure that it's clear that somebody does get that right. I'd hate for it to pop up where somebody says, you know, I want to waive, and they don't allow them. So that's all it does. I'd be happy to take any questions, or I'm sure Mr. Graves would. Any questions from the committee?
Would anyone like to speak for or against the bill? If not, what's the pleasure of the committee? We have a motion to do pass for Representative Gillum. All
in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed? Your
Representative Marshall Wright
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7:44
bill is passed. Thank you. Am I recognized to present 1254? Representative Wright, you're recognized to present House Bill 1254. Thank you,
Mr. Chairman. All Bill 1254 does is make some technical corrections to 16-93-207. Right now it reads, the Board of Corrections shall promulgate rules on parole.
And we realized for the parole board that it should say, the parole board should promulgate their rules. So it's basically just changing it from Board of Corrections to Parole Board because that's who's doing it now anyway. It's just truly a technical change. I'd be more than happy to answer any questions. I'm sure Mr. Graves would as well. Any questions from
the committee? Would anyone like to speak for or against the
bill? If not, it was the pleasure of the committee. We have a motion due pass from Representative Slinker. All in favor say aye.
Speaker 10
8:27
All opposed? Your bill is passed. Thank you, committee. I really appreciate
Representative Marshall Wright
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8:47
it. Thank you, Mr. Chair. you're just in time to sign alright is there anybody else here to present a bill anybody else here to present a bill I hear a motion to adjourn all those in favor all those opposed meeting
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