Only 13 bills submitted yesterday, and of those two are criminal bills that we've seen before.
HB 243 is a companion bill to SB 46 which would create a new offense for using a cell phone while driving. As many different versions of cell phone bills as we've seen thus far, it's hard to imagine that something won't come out of this legislative session regarding the use of cell phones while driving.
SB 203 is yet another version of a bill to modify the way burglary of a motor vehicle cases are handled. This version would not make BMV an automatic felony again, as other versions I've discussed would, but it would increase the enhancement. Under this version of the bill, a single prior conviction for burglary motor vehicle would make the offense a state jail felony. As it stands now, a prior BMV conviction makes a new offense an enhanced misdemeanor, and two prior convictions is a state jail felony.
Don't expect much to come in today, being Veteran's Day. So far I haven't seen some of the major discovery bills or other changes we have expected either.
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