Rep. Windhorst is not happy with Senate Bill 2364.
Rep. Windhorst feels that Senate Bill 2364 does nothing to change the original SAFE-T Act, and the violent felons will still be roaming the streets.
"This is deja vu. A criminal justice bill at 4 a.m. with no law enforcement involvement and no public input, if you look at this bill it's not going to do what it claims it will do. First, a supposed to fix the Class B and C misdemeanor problem is no fix at all. There's basically no change in the law," said Rep. Patrick Windhorst.
Senate Bill 2364, which was follow-up legislation to last year's SAFE-T Act, makes changes to the state's Criminal Justice Information Act. It passed along party lines with a 64-45 vote in the House on Apr. 9. “There is no change, absolutely no change, to the detainable offenses in the original SAFE-T Act,” Windhorst said to Week. “Serious violent felons will be released after 48 hours after arrest.”
Senate Bill 2364 is sponsored by Sen. Don Harmon in the Senate and Rep. Justin Slaughter in the House. Meanwhile, according to the reports by Week, Rep. Slaughter has said that Democrats are not fed up with the constant politicizing of the SAFE-T Act at a time when all the provisions haven’t even been implemented yet. “We can smell it. It’s a bad stench of racism coming from that side of the aisle,” Slaughter said while pointing at Republicans.
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