HF470 Summary

• Appropriations: Allocates $585+ million for courts, corrections, public safety, and related agencies for fiscal years 2018-2019, including funding for judicial staff, offender health care, and emergency management.

• Courts: Adds judicial judge positions, increases small claims jurisdiction from $5,000 to $15,000, modifies harassment restraining order procedures, and allows electronic recording in expedited child support proceedings.

• Criminal Justice: Creates new crimes (impersonating peace officers, trespassing on school buses, geographic restrictions), adds domestic assault by strangulation provisions, and establishes alternatives to incarceration for nonviolent substance offenders.

• Law Enforcement: Requires 16 continuing education credits in crisis intervention, conflict management, and implicit bias training for peace officers; establishes de-escalation training programs.

• Controlled Substances: Expands Schedule I drug list with synthetic cannabinoids and fentanyl analogs; modifies Board of Pharmacy authority to temporarily control federally-scheduled substances without full rulemaking.