CRIMINAL/APPEALS: To authorize and direct the legislative auditor to study the fiscal impact of establishing and operating a sentencing review panel for non-unanimous jury verdicts (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

HR 243 authorizes the legislative auditor to study the potential fiscal costs of creating a sentencing review panel for cases with non-unanimous jury verdicts. The bill directs the auditor to analyze how establishing and operating such a panel would impact state budgets, without making any policy changes itself. This is a procedural study bill with no direct impact on current laws or court procedures, as noted by "EN NO IMPACT" (no fiscal impact to the bill). The study would inform future legislative decisions if the panel were ever implemented.