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Wednesday, 01 February 2012 16:02 |
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PIERRE, S.D. (AP) _ A newly amended bill that would introduce a
``hope card'' system related to protection orders in South Dakota
is making slow progress in the House.
Under the original bill, South Dakotans with protection orders
could carry a ``hope card'' instead of the longer paper document.
Proponents of the bill say this would speed up the process for
law enforcement officers who need to verify the order's existence.
On Wednesday, the House Judiciary committee postponed voting on
the bill because Republican Rep. Patricia Stricherz of Madison
introduced an amendment that would allow for an electronic version
of the program.
But the amendment did not include a fiscal note on how much that
would cost, so lawmakers put off voting on the bill.
Lawmakers may pick up where they left off Monday.
(Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) |
