Civil asset forfeiture, heroin-murder bills survive lengthy hearing, advance to full House
Yesterday’s House Judiciary Committee hearing stretched for more than four hours, from 1:30 in the afternoon until well after 5. When it was done, the panel had approved bipartisan legislation to limit civil asset forfeiture in Idaho, and to charge heroin pushers with murder if…
The asset forfeiture reform bill, HB 202, is sponsored by Reps. Ilana Rubel, D-Boise, and Steve Harris, R-Meridian. Brown reports that it would require law enforcement to demonstrate a connection between drugs and property seized other than that they happen to be near each other. Among other changes to the law, it says mere possession of cash is not grounds for a seizure, absent other evidence of illegality.