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Brad Roae
(R) - Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania House District 006
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Harrisburg, PA 17120-2006
Phone: 717-787-2353

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18937 Park Avenue Plaza
Meadville, PA 16335
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Vote Record By Category
Category Vote Index Total Score
Open Government 62
2
 
Free Speech 0
-1
 
LGBQ&T Rights 33
-1
 
Student & Youth Rights 0
-1
 
Constitutional Amendment 0
-1
 
Privacy & Surveillance 25
-4
 
Reproductive Freedom 0
-5
 
Police Practices 0
-5
 
Voting Rights 22
-5
 
Due Process 17
-8
 
Criminal Justice 28
-21
 
All Bills 30
-24
 
Rated Bill Votes
Bill Bill Name Motion Vote Date Rating Vote Comments
HB103 New felony offenses to expand special protections for police House Floor: HB 103 PN 3500, CONCURRENCE 10/26/2022 -1 Yea HB 103 would create two new felonies for offenses against police officers. Police already have special protections that punish people more severely when they’re assaulted, and prosecutors already have all the tools they need to charge offenses against police. Moreover, the communicable disease provision in HB 103 could be weaponized broadly against civilians, including those engaged in First Amendment protected speech, protest, or assembly.
HB118 Mandatory disposition of fetal remains House Floor: HB 118 PN 1724, FP 06/09/2021 -1 Yea HB 118 would mandate hospitals or clinics to arrange for burial or cremation of all medical tissue from a miscarriage or abortion, no matter how early in the pregnancy. Current law already requires ritual disposition for pregnancies that end after 16 weeks. HB 118 dangerously expands the definition of a fetus, violates a woman's privacy, and imposes undue burdens on women, their doctors, and medical facilities.
HB140 Special prosecutor for Philadelphia public transit House Floor: HB 140 PN 3601, CONCURRENCE 11/15/2022 -1 Yea HB 140 was originally a benign bike lane bill until a Senate amendment added a provision that would allow a special prosecutor to be appointed in Philadelphia to investigate and initiate criminal proceedings for any violations occurring on SEPTA property (Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority). This was one of many politically motivated bills seeking to interfere with the prosecutorial discretion of the twice-elected Philadelphia district attorney.
HB146 Mandatory parole postponement (Markie's Law) House Floor: HB 146 PN 3329, CONCUR 09/19/2022 -1 Yea HB 146, also known as "Markie's Law," would keep people needlessly incarcerated by delaying consideration of parole by adding a mandatory 12-24 months to a person's minimum date of release, depending on the offense.
HB146 Mandatory parole postponement (Markie's Law) House Floor: HB 146 PN 3329, OVERRIDE VETO 10/25/2022 -1 Yea HB 146, also known as "Markie's Law," would keep people needlessly incarcerated by delaying consideration of parole by adding a mandatory 12-24 months to a person's minimum date of release, depending on the offense.
HB156 Expansion of "tender years" hearsay exception House Floor: HB 156 PN 121, FP 03/16/2021 -1 Yea Pennsylvania's Tender Years Hearsay Act is a hearsay exception that allows out-of-court statements made by individuals 12 years of age or younger to be entered into evidence under specific conditions. HB 156 would uniformly expand the Tender Years Hearsay Act to allow the introduction of hearsay statements made by people 16 years of age or younger, further eroding the due process right to confront one's accuser.
HB184 Penalty enhancement for aiding or causing suicide (Shawn's Law) House Floor: HB 184 PN 152, 2021 A356, HOHENSTEIN 03/17/2021 1 Nay Amendment to require that the penalty enhancement only applies if the defendant knew or had reason to know of the intellectual disability or autism spectrum disorder (mens rea requirement).
HB184 Penalty enhancement for aiding or causing suicide (Shawn's Law) House Floor: HB 184 PN 1884, CONCUR 09/21/2021 -1 Yea HB 184 would enhance the penalty for causing or aiding suicide when the person who died by suicide is under 18 years old or has an intellectual disability from a second-degree to first-degree felony, which is punishable by up to 20 years in prison. Causing or aiding suicide is already heavily penalized under current law and there is nothing in the bill that requires a person to know that the person is under 18 years old or has an intellectual disability.
HB185 Aggravated assault against people with disabilities (Cody's Law) House Floor: HB 185 PN 153, FP 03/16/2021 -1 Yea HB 185, also known as Cody's Law, would broadly expand the definition of assault to allow prosecutors to charge a simple assault against a person on the autism spectrum or with a physical or intellectual disability as an aggravated assault. This would add an additional *8 years* in prison to the penalty for such an offense. Serially expanding the aggravated assault definition undermines the critical distinctions between types of assault, which ensure that the punishment fits the crime.
HB231 Unlawful contact with a minor House Floor: HB 231 PN 195, FP 05/25/2021 -1 Yea HB 231 adds 18 existing offenses to § 6318, which establishes the crime of unlawful contact with a minor. The offenses listed under Section 6318 are not unique; every crime listed is already an existing criminal offense, allowing prosecutors to charge two separate offenses for the exact same conduct: once under the existing statute and then again, separately, under § 6318. And the 18 new, duplicative offenses are each graded as third-degree felonies or higher.
HB246 Extending Rape Shield Law to human trafficking cases House Floor: HB 246 PN 214, FP 05/25/2021 1 Yea HB 246 would apply the protections contained within Pennsylvania’s Rape Shield Law to victims of human trafficking, specifically prohibiting the introduction of evidence relating to the victim’s past sexual victimization or prior allegations of victimization at criminal trials.
HB488 Failure to report a missing child House Floor: HB 488 PN 2239, FP 10/06/2021 -1 Yea HB 488 would create a new offense for failure to report a missing child. If a parent, guardian, or other person supervising a child under 18 years old fails to report the child missing after 24 hours, they could be charged with a third-degree felony. This duplicative offense is nearly indistinguishable from current statute and only further accelerates the relentless expansion of the crimes code.
HB521 Monitoring and surveillance for DUI offenses House Floor: HB 521 PN 1143, MOT CONST, MILLER, D. 04/06/2021 -1 Yea Motion to question the constitutionality of HB 521. Voting YES= the bill is constitutional; voting NAY=the bill is unconstitutional.
HB521 Monitoring and surveillance for DUI offenses House Floor: HB 521 PN 1143, FP 04/06/2021 -1 Yea HB 521 would create an invasive, continuous monitoring program ordered and enforced by the state and administered by private vendors for those with even a single DUI conviction and no prior offenses. It permits courts to impose surveillance as a condition of probation, parole, and bail, while threatening to unconstitutionally require people to pay the cost of this surveillance before being convicted of any crime. HB 521 also invites overly punitive jail sentences for minor traffic offenses.
HB711 Electronic filing of campaign finance reports House Floor: HB 711 PN 681, FP 06/28/2022 1 Yea HB 711 would require the PA Department of State to establish a campaign finance reporting system that allows candidates and political committees the option to file online. The bill would also create a standardized process for filing and contingency plans with clearly outlined rules for e-filing. This is a commonsense upgrade to PA's campaign finance filing and disclosure system, which would increase transparency while decreasing bureaucratic inefficiencies.
HB773 Increased penalties for DUI offenses (Deana's Law) House Floor: HB 773 PN 1022, FP 11/17/2021 -1 Yea HB 773, also known as “Deana’s Law,” would impose mandatory consecutive sentences for DUI offenses to be served consecutive to any other sentence imposed by the court. HB 773 would also create a penalty enhancement (punishable by 5-10 years in prison and up to $25,000 in fines) simply for refusing to take a breath or chemical test.
HB904 6-week abortion ban House Health: Report Bill As Committed 05/25/2021 -1 Yea HB 904 would amend the Abortion Control Act to prohibit abortion at roughly six weeks. Under current law, a woman can obtain an abortion at any time up to 24 weeks after her last menstrual period. Any violation would be graded as a felony of the third degree, punishable by up to seven years in prison and fines of up to $15,000. HB 904 would effectively ban abortion entirely in PA and is therefore brazenly unconstitutional.
HB940 New offenses for injury to police animals (Titan's Law) House Floor: HB 940 PN 3285, CONCUR 07/07/2022 -1 Yea HB 940 removes the mens rea requirement necessary to convict a person of injuring or killing a police animal and then creates two new "unintentional" offenses: recklessly injuring or killing a police animal and holding someone criminally culpable when a police animal is injured or killed while the person is engaged in the commission of a felony. These are unnecessary, duplicative offenses and dangerously lower the threshold for criminal convictions.
HB972 Banning trans girls from school sports House Floor: HB 972 PN 2886, FP 04/12/2022 -1 Yea HB 972 would ban transgender girls and women from participating on athletic teams or in sports from K-college. Trans youth have the right to participate in sports consistent with who they are and denying them that right is blatantly unconstitutional and discriminatory.
HB975 Criminalizing consensual sex House Floor: HB 975 PN 3363, CONCUR 07/07/2022 -1 Yea HB 975 would add caretakers to the list of people who can be charged with institutional sexual assault, making it a third-degree felony for an employee to have any kind of sexual contact, including consensual sex, with a person who receives care, services, or treatment in or from a facility. This bill recklessly expands this offense and infantilizes the elderly and those with physical disabilities by assuming they are incapable of engaging in consensual sexual activity.
HB987 Retroactive reinstatement of driver's licenses House Floor: HB 987 PN 1000, FP 06/08/2021 1 Yea During the 2017-2018 session, HB 163 repealed the law permitting the automatic suspension of driver's licenses for drug-related and other non-traffic convictions. HB 987 would apply that law retroactively, allowing people with prior convictions to get their driver's licenses back without having to pay a reinstatement fee. This bill would ensure that the reforms made by HB 163 apply to everyone. Furthermore, HB 987 eliminates some additional offenses that currently lead to license suspensions.
HB1093 Penalty enhancement for theft of container House Floor: HB 1093 PN 3450, FP 09/13/2022 -1 Yea HB 1093 would increase the penalty for removing any container from the premises of a retailer, delivery vehicle, or store from a summary offense—punishable by up to $300 in fines or 90 days imprisonment—to a misdemeanor of the third degree—punishable by up to 1 year in prison and a $2,500 fine. This would create a duplicative crime & would disproportionately affect people experiencing homelessness, including women fleeing domestic violence, people with mental health challenges & veterans.
HB1095 Mandatory life for fetal homicide House Floor: HB 1095 PN 1127, FP 06/08/2021 -1 Yea HB 1095 would add third-degree murder of a pregnant woman to offenses that receive mandatory life imprisonment. The ACLU-PA uniformly opposes mandatory minimum sentences. Mandatory minimums take power and discretion from judges and give unreviewable power to prosecutors. Mandatory life sentences are particularly obscene, since they don’t even pretend to deter crime or reduce recidivism. They are purely a retributive punishment.
HB1096 Civil action in trafficking cases House Floor: HB 1096 PN 1128, FP 05/25/2021 1 Yea HB 1096 would expand access to courts by adding a venue for a statutory civil action in human trafficking lawsuits. Currently, trafficking cases may be brought in the county where the victim resides, while others may be filed in a county where the trafficking violations occurred. HB 1096 would allow these lawsuits to be brought either where the victim resides or where the violations occurred, making it easier for trafficking victims to bring civil lawsuits by expanding where they can file.
HB1130 Expanding Megan's Law registry House Floor: HB 1130 PN 1178, FP 05/25/2021 -1 Yea HB 1130 would add three trafficking offenses to the Megan's Law registry, including non-sexual offenses. The registry is uniquely invasive and comes with dire and enduring collateral consequences — severe punishment imposed after serving a sentence. It is also ineffective punishment, as Megan’s Law has showed no demonstrable effect in reducing sexual re-offenses and no effect on reducing the number of victims involved in sexual offenses.
HB1300 Voting and elections restrictions House Floor: HB 1300 PN 1869, FP 06/22/2021 -1 Yea HB 1300 would make numerous changes to the Elections Code, many of which would restrict voting and elections provisions, including (but not limited to): requiring voter ID; requiring signature match verification, eliminating the permanent mail voting list; moving the registration deadline to 30 days before Election Day (from 15 days); moving the mail ballot request deadline to 15 days before Election Day (from 7 days); and opening drop boxes only when staffed by two inspectors.
HB1393 Legalizing fentanyl test strips House Floor: HB 1393 PN 3253, FP 06/20/2022 1 Yea HB 1393 would amend the Controlled Substance Act to explicitly exclude fentanyl test strips for personal use from the definition of drug paraphernalia. As fentanyl is increasingly being added to heroin to increase its potency—often without the knowledge of those who use it—overdose deaths continue to rise. By legalizing fentanyl test strips for personal use, HB 1393 would help those in the grip of addiction avoid a potentially deadly overdose without fear of facing criminal charges.
HB1500 Abortion ban following fetal diagnosis House Floor: HB 1500 PN 1563, FP 06/08/2021 -1 Yea HB 1500 would unconstitutionally prohibit terminating a pregnancy following a fetal diagnosis of Down syndrome. Any person violating this provision could be charged with a third-degree felony.
HB1546 Criminal penalties for sharing public officials' information House Floor: HB 1546 PN 1785, MOT RECOM JUDICIARY, BRIGGS 11/15/2021 1 Nay Motion to recommit bill to House Judiciary. HB 1546 would amend Title 18 to create a new offense, and as such, should have been considered in House Judiciary and not House Veteran's Affairs & Emergency Preparedness.
HB1546 Criminal penalties for sharing public officials' information House Floor: HB 1546 PN 3569, CONCURRENCE 11/15/2022 -1 Yea HB 1546 would create a new assault offense that prohibits the sharing of "restricted personal information" of 39 public officials. The bill poses an unnecessary, unjustifiable, and likely unconstitutional expansion of protections that would hold people criminally liable for perceived future harm committed by someone else.
HB1737 Compelled drug screening House Floor: HB 1737 PN 1968, FP 11/10/2021 -1 Yea HB 1737 would allow county children and youth services (CYS) agencies to obtain court orders to compel parents to undergo drug and alcohol testing during child welfare investigations. HB 1737 does not include a requirement that a CYS agency have probable cause to believe that an act of child abuse or neglect has occurred and that drug testing the parent will reveal evidence relating to such abuse. Without probable cause, HB 1737 proposes an unconstitutional intrusion on parents’ privacy rights.
HB1929 Eliminating automatic knives from offensive weapon definition House Floor: HB 1929 PN 2197, FP 04/26/2022 1 Yea HB 1929 would eliminate the antiquated criminalization of automatic knives in PA. § 908 currently prohibits individuals from repairing, selling, dealing, using or possessing an “offensive weapon.” This definition includes many dangerous weapons, but also includes knives used for recreational or work purposes. HB 1929 would remove automatic knives from this definition, thereby removing the opportunity for prosecutors to criminally charge people for merely using or possessing such a knife.
HB2032 Exemption for failure to report injuries resulting from sexual assault House Floor: HB 2032 PN 3148, FP 06/20/2022 1 Yea HB 2032 would resolve a conflict between current law and Sexual Assault Testing and Evidence Collection Act (Act 29 of 2019) by creating an exception for failure to report injuries in sexual assault cases where the victim wishes to remain anonymous. This is a reasonable and justifiable proposal to decriminalize failure to report injuries by victims whose privacy is already protected under Act 29.
HB2039 Notification and comment at bail hearings House Floor: HB 2039 PN 3323, CONCUR 07/01/2022 -1 Yea HB 2039 would amend the PA Crime Victims Act to require that alleged victims are notified of and have an opportunity to comment at bail hearings, allowing bail hearings to be treated more like criminal trials. As a result, HB 2039 would create delays in bail hearings, permit prejudicial information to unduly influence bail determinations, deprive defendants of their due process rights, and undermine the presumption that the defendant is innocent until proven guilty.
HB2044 Prohibiting third-party election funding House Floor: HB 2044 PN 2352, FP 12/14/2021 -1 Yea HB 2044 would prohibit the use of private donations or contributions for operating elections, employing staff, selecting and equipping a polling place, or for use in voter education or outreach. Because the legislature has repeatedly failed to properly fund elections, and counties are desperate to have the resources they need to run fair elections and to do so safely during a pandemic, these grants patched a critical funding gap.
HB2046 Undermining community bail funds House Floor: HB 2046 PN 2355, 2021 A2960 11/15/2021 1 Nay Amendment to change the definition of "surety bondsman" by increasing the threshold of defendants receiving bail assistance from 3 to 75 in a 30 day period.
HB2046 Undermining community bail funds House Floor: HB 2046 PN 2413, FP 11/16/2021 -1 Yea HB 2046 would amend current law to redefine "bail bondsman" in a way that would require community bail funds to function as professional bail bonds companies, with all the attendant licensing requirements. Those requirements would almost certainly limit what community bail funds can do and would risk putting some out of business altogether.
HB2125 Removing 'homosexuality' from the Crimes Code House Floor: HB 2125 PN 2476, FP 06/08/2022 1 Yea HB 2125 would remove references to the term “homosexuality” within definitions of prohibited sexual acts in the Crimes Code, which references homosexuality in outdated and offensive ways. This prejudicial language has no place in our laws, and removing those references will not expand or alter the offense definitions amended under HB 2125.
HB2157 Increased and mandatory penalties for fireworks violations House Floor: HB 2157 PN 3332, CONCUR 07/01/2022 -1 Nay HB 2157 would establish mandatory minimum fines for existing fireworks violations as well as four new suboffenses with enhanced grading and mandatory minimum fines for each type of violation, all under Title 3 (Agriculture) rather than under Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses). This kind of overly punitive response—for violating restrictions on the use or sale of fireworks, no less—undermines judicial discretion, widens Pennsylvania’s carceral net, and, at best, offers hollow promises of deterrence.
HB2174 Removing ARD as a basis for a founded child abuse report House Floor: HB 2174 PN 2544, FINAL PASSAGE 10/26/2022 1 Yea HB 2174 would update current law to reflect a recent PA Supreme Court ruling prohibiting acceptance into an accelerated rehabilitative disposition program (ARD) as a basis for designating a report of suspected child abuse as “founded.” Because ARD is not an adjudication nor an admission of guilt, the bill would instead designate such reports as “indicated" when they are substantiated based upon acceptance into ARD.
HB2238 Term limits for Philadelphia district attorney House Floor: HB 2238 PN 2590, FP 04/26/2022 -1 Yea HB 2238 would impose term limits on one DA among the 67 in the commonwealth, which is arbitrary and further complicates PA's already fragmented system of local government. Additionally, the ACLU opposes limitations on the number of terms an elected official may serve. Such limitations infringe on the right of candidates to a place on the ballot and on the right of citizens to vote for persons of their choice. This applies to all branches of government at all levels.
HB2271 Sentencing enhancements for sexual extortion (Lindsey's Law) House Floor: HB 2271 PN 2634, FP 04/26/2022 -1 Yea HB 2271, also known as Lindsey's Law, would require the Sentencing Commission to create an additional enhancement for people convicted of sexual extortion if the complainant attempts or dies by suicide within 90 days of the extortion. This bill creates a duplicative penalty, already covered by a law just enacted in 2021. Prosecutors have all the tools they need in our Crimes Code to punish people many times over without creating more duplicative and unnecessary offenses.
HB2449 Public posting of legislative expense reports House Floor: HB 2449 PN 3047, FP 04/27/2022 1 Yea HB 2449 would require legislative expenses to be publicly posted online on a quarterly basis. Making these expenses publicly accessible would provide increased transparency and greater accountability for how elected officials and other legislative entities spend public funds.
HB2484 Requiring financial disclosure for write-in candidates House Floor: HB 2484 PN 2932, FINAL PASSAGE 09/20/2022 1 Yea Currently, only candidates who file nominating petitions are subject to removal from the ballot for failure to file financial disclosure documents—candidates placed on the ballot due to a write-in campaign are not. HB 2484 would extend the requirement for filing a statement of financial interests to all candidates who appear on the ballot in a General Election, thereby providing voters increased transparency about candidates running for public office.
HB2524 Limiting Right to Know requests from repeat requesters and incarcerated people House Floor: HB 2524 PN 3235, FP 06/14/2022 -1 Yea HB 2524 would amend Pennsylvania’s Right to Know Law (RTKL) to make several updates to the law. Unfortunately, two provisions in particular—designating “vexatious requesters” and limiting requests from incarcerated people—establish dangerous and potentially unconstitutional precedents for allowing the state to pick and choose to whom it responds.
HB2527 Expansion of Good Samaritan immunity House Floor: HB 2527 PN 3150, FP 06/20/2022 1 Yea HB 2527 would expand the scope of Good Samaritan immunity provided under Act 139 of 2014 from the use of naloxone only (an opioid overdose reversal drug) to all opioid reversal medicines approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration so that any new life-saving drug can be accessed without penalty just as naloxone is today.
HR240 Resolution to impeach Philadelphia district attorney Larry Krasner House Floor: HR 240 PN 3634 11/16/2022 -1 Yea HR 240 proposes six articles of impeachment against Philadelphia district attorney Larry Krasner. None of the articles allege behavior serious enough to justify the removal of an elected public official.
SB106 Constitutional amendments to deny abortion rights, change voting and election procedures, and limit executive authority [constitutional amendment] House Floor: SB 106 PN 1857, CONCUR 07/08/2022 -1 Yea SB 106 proposes five separate amendments to the Pennsylvania Constitution that would: deny the right to abortion in PA without exception; permit the legislature to reject any executive branch regulation; require voter ID; shift election audit authority from counties to the Auditor General; and allow nominees for governor to select the lieutenant governor as their running mate.
SB118 Expanding Megan's Law registry House Floor: SB 118 PN 89, FINAL PASSAGE 10/24/2022 -1 Yea SB 118 would add three trafficking offenses to the Megan's Law registry, including non-sexual offenses. The registry is uniquely invasive and comes with dire and enduring collateral consequences — severe punishment imposed after serving a sentence. It is also ineffective punishment, as Megan’s Law has showed no demonstrable effect in reducing sexual re-offenses and no effect on reducing the number of victims involved in sexual offenses.
SB516 Referring fines and costs to private debt collection House Floor: SB 516 PN 802, 2021 A1990, D. MILLER 06/24/2021 1 Nay Gut and replace amendment to provide for comprehensive reform for assessment and collection of court fines, costs, and restitution.
SB516 Referring fines and costs to private debt collection House Floor: SB 516 PN 802, FP 06/25/2021 -1 Yea SB 516 would allow for unpaid fines, costs, and restitution in magisterial district and common pleas courts to be referred to a debt collection agency when a defendant fails to appear, triggering a 25% surcharge to the amount owed. As a result, SB 516 is likely unconstitutional. Adding a 25% surcharge without due process right to a hearing is a clear infringement on a defendant’s constitutionally-protected property interest.
SB554 Increased transparency for public meetings House Floor: SB 554 PN 875, FP 06/25/2021 1 Yea SB 554 would amend the Sunshine Act to require public agencies to post public meeting agendas at the meeting location, at the agency’s office location, and on the agency’s website no later than 24 hours prior to a meeting, and to prohibit an agency from taking official action on items not in the meeting agenda. This is a commonsense measure to ensure greater government transparency.
SB573 Out-of-county poll watchers House Floor: SB 573 PN 1712, FP 06/28/2022 -1 Yea SB 573 would permit any registered voter in Pennsylvania to be appointed as a poll watcher in any precinct in the commonwealth. Permitting Pennsylvania electors to serve as watchers in any precinct in the commonwealth invites people from outside county communities inside local polling locations. This change needlessly invites opportunities for confrontation, unfounded challenges to voters’ eligibility by out-of-county watchers, and, in some cases, an increased risk of voter intimidation.
SB588 Eroding double jeopardy protections House Floor: SB 588 PN 648, FP 07/06/2022 -1 Yea SB 588 would create an exception to PA’s compulsory joinder rule (Rule 110) that would allow prosecutors to try summary offenses separately from misdemeanor or felony offenses that arise from the same criminal episode. Rule 110 requires a prosecutor to bring in a single proceeding, all known charges against a defendant. SB 588 would create an arbitrary exception to that rule for summary offenses, thereby eroding constitutional protections against double jeopardy.
SB814 Evading arrest or detention on foot (Wilding's Law) House Floor: SB 814 PN 1822, FP 06/30/2022 -1 Yea SB 814 would create two new duplicative and unnecessary felony offenses: (1) prohibiting evading police arrest or detention on foot; and (2) harming a police animal while evading arrest or detention; resisting arrest; or disarming a law enforcement officer. SB 814 would criminalize the legal and constitutional right to run from law enforcement—an open invitation to charge young Black men and other people of color, who may be legally running from the police, with a felony offense.
SB904 Permitting remote probation supervision meetings House Floor: SB 904 PN 1140, FP 06/30/2022 1 Yea SB 904 would permit probation officers to hold remote supervision meetings when appropriate. Probation officers would still be free to insist on in-person meetings, to hold unannounced meetings, or to schedule meetings at times that the probation officer deems necessary.
SB905 Scheduling considerations for probation supervision House Floor: SB 905 PN 1141, FP 06/30/2022 1 Yea SB 905 would ensure that when probation officers set a supervision schedule for their clients, that they consider their client's work schedule and any scheduled essential medical care, when making those scheduling decisions.
SB982 Prohibiting and criminalizing third-party election funding House Floor: SB 982 PN 1856, CONCUR 07/08/2022 -1 Yea SB 982 would prohibit state and local governments from soliciting, applying for, entering into contract with or receiving gifts, donations, grants or funding from a non-gov't entity for election expenses. Violations would be criminalized as second-degree misdemeanors. SB 982 is an overreaction to county election offices that received nonprofit funds in 2020 to assist with COVID--related prep for the general election—funding the legislature failed to provide.
SB1179 Victim Address Confidentiality Act update House Floor: SB 1179 PN 1580, FP 06/30/2022 1 Yea The Domestic and Sexual Violence Victim Address Confidentiality Act provides address confidentiality to those leaving an abusive relationship by providing a legal, substitute mailing address to use whenever a residential, work, or school address is required. Currently, the program requires that all requests be made in writing. SB 1179 would allow applications and supporting documents to be filed electronically.
SB1208 Collecting unpaid court debt House Floor: SB 1208 PN 2006, FINAL PASSAGE 10/26/2022 1 Yea SB 1208 would allow counties and courts to collect outstanding court debt through private debt collectors without sacrificing the due process rights of indigent defendants. And by offering enhanced provisions to give judges and defendants greater flexibility and more options, SB 1208 would help counties focus on collectible debt while making it easier for some defendants to pay off their debt.
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