Staff Analysis of the Legislation
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02.21.12 The Senate Judiciary committee gave this bill a favorable report as amended by the subcommittee with only technical changes.
02.07.12 A Senate Judiciary subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report with an amendment. The amendment makes only technical changes.
04.05.11 The House Judiciary committee gave this bill a favorable report.
03.10.11 The House Judiciary Criminal Laws subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report with an amendment. The amendment states that if a magistrate issues an arrest warrant for someone in another county, the warrant does not have to be endorsed by the magistrate in the county where the person resides. The warrant may be served by an officer in the person’s jurisdiction or by an officer from the issuing jurisdiction while accompanied by a law enforcement from the jurisdiction where the warrant is being served.
Summary of the bill as introduced: Outlines that a warrant is not required to be endorsed by a magistrate in the county where a person who is charged with a crime resides or where he is located. |
