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Eric Dispatcher, legislative counsel, told the committee that \"they want the Center for Crime Victim Services and the Council on Domestic Violence to be members of the working group rather than\" consultees. The committee discussed a broader pattern: the Senate removed several study committees or reporting mandates from the miscellaneous bill because the Senate Judiciary Committee either lacked time to take testimony or believed interested parties could provide recommendations without a statutorily required working group.

Among the items struck or removed in the Senate amendment were the adult involuntary guardianship working group (which had considered consolidating probate and family-division proceedings for adults with disabilities), a statutory reporting requirement tied to delayed effective dates for new criteria in court-administrator recommendations for capital funding of county courthouses, and a provision regarding family forensic evaluator recommendations. Committee members noted that some of those topics could be addressed through stakeholder-driven reports rather than statutorily required study panels.

The committee also debated whether the Senate'driven pulls reflected a preference for unanimity in miscellaneous bills; legislative counsel said, in this case, changes were made by unanimous voice in the Senate, and that the Senate tends to omit contested items from a late-session omnibus bill. The committee ultimately voted to concur with the Senate's package of changes to S.109.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","House Judiciary - 2025-05-29 - 11:45 AM","oneSentenceSummary","The Senate returns two organizations to full membership of a firearm-surrender working group and removes several statutorily required study panels and reports from S.109, citing time and process concerns.","taxTitle","Judiciary, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Committees, Legislative , Vermont","taxId",35152,"location","Vermont","headline","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":56,"_74":56},6222100,"S.109 keeps committee'backed cut in community-service hours for second DUI and removes sunset",75,724310,799750,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3610754-14fcecb895296eb084814df4443843a3&start=724&end=799","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3610754-14fcecb895296eb084814df4443843a3/thumbnail_724310.jpg","/articles/6222100/Vermont/S109-keeps-committeebacked-cut-in-community-service-hours-for-second-DUI-and-removes-sunset","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6222100-7800d925a8cf0add2c5d30f7d3de43d4/orig.mp4?Expires=1775120888&Signature=E5GoW7-zIPt-DsDEE7tqZWH5zydmRqV98uOM3Aerc2AoUKbN0Nyl4Zazpm4wD7w88N~4MO4i9N~0QunGHx6CAS5wtOvWzz09a~uUHMhnU6WGrpnYioNXO9e-IVtFIwoPXiuH8q~edwe4Om18aBQBR~Zs~W0gWjIEXMVYY3GR65pV4-Edahc0OHmTHfhyfA4KTq2KvmY6WFMB7pKaZv8xCN8WJC1~kqEBII-cwDOq1mclq21~GcJK6Z3WbTyppWa75AkPrytmuU1F5WALNJsK-Fyl4GDUsp5JsFqX4nF3OFGQRK2B2iWtgOVHXRkksTeoWEQhvhb74QdLG9w6tTZRJg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The House Judiciary Committee confirmed that the Senate amendment to S.109 preserves the committee'approved reduction in minimum community-service hours for a second DUI offense, lowering the statutory minimum from 200 hours to 80 hours and removing a three-year sunset included in the House amendment.

Legislative counsel explained that the statutory maximum penalties (including felony imprisonment provisions where applicable) remain unchanged. The House had originally proposed a three-year sunset to allow legislators to revisit the change; the Senate amendment removed that sunset, a choice the Senate described as allowing subsequent legislative review if future changes were needed rather than relying on an automatic expiration.

Committee members discussed the rationale and noted the change was retained as part of the broader S.109 concurrence. The committee later voted to concur with Senate changes to the overall bill; the concurrence vote was recorded 8-1-2.","The Senate amendment to S.109 retains the House Judiciary Committee's change lowering the minimum community-service requirement for a second DUI conviction from 200 hours to 80 hours and removes a three-year sunset that had been included in the House version.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":56,"_74":56},6222105,"Senate amendment drops child-and-parent legal-representation task force from S.109 after committee debate",183,841560,1024640,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3610754-14fcecb895296eb084814df4443843a3&start=841&end=1024","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3610754-14fcecb895296eb084814df4443843a3/thumbnail_841560.jpg","/articles/6222105/Vermont/Senate-amendment-drops-child-and-parent-legal-representation-task-force-from-S109-after-committee-debate","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6222105-f4d3646938918980938b2d56c405aaeb/orig.mp4?Expires=1775120888&Signature=UQutq36W~fUkFkuoi8wtI7U4xKThglfBELgN9Val3RVIVMlivkoJUPT5xempwXOJktPFBLgmsnKu4XrNeoxfNFQgxedAp76KrEiw2m-Shzd4t1T7Ny5YAUuXmZmzpxqgrAMe1E4bXOFDsoUrnXdBDdITaryN6JmocTwnynGCvZL~iPl7V8UmSYI8pznqVPGmw-pUpG8l45nMXXE~vIsZBANXKTSvLcOtYdVePKvLqb0IW~M4nNGcfzbZJKBvtXEaPTyGZhO-5tGPFnk1TjVHbkuo9cam0OeDhhb-rlpx7478m258WpHXY3OHrnL92uqdEeSgOQmHxmG0n8eBC58P4g__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Senate amendment to S.109 removes a child-and-parent legal-representation task force that would have studied representation in CHINS (child-in-need-of-services) and abuse-and-neglect proceedings. Committee members expressed disappointment and discussed alternative paths for the work.

Committee discussion noted that testimony supporting the task force had been \"powerful\" and that stakeholders had delivered detailed proposals; at least one member called the removal \"disappointing\" on the record. The transcript shows members saying the work could be pursued in a separate vehicle and noted that a bill numbered 2093 exists and might carry the topic forward.

Legislative counsel described the Senate's approach as partly pragmatic: some Senate members declined to include new, potentially contested study bodies in a miscellaneous bill they expected to pass quickly late in the session. The result was that sections with more disagreement were pulled from the consolidated amendment.

No formal substitute study directive was adopted during the committee meeting; members discussed continuing stakeholder conversations and moving the subject to another bill or committee process. The committee ultimately voted to concur with the Senate changes to the broader S.109 package despite the removal of the task force; the concurrence vote was recorded 8-1-2.","A proposed task force to study legal representation for children and families in abuse-and-neglect proceedings was removed from the Senate amendment to S.109, prompting expressed disappointment from several committee members and discussion of alternate legislative vehicles.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":56,"_74":56},6222111,"House Judiciary panel concurs with Senate to reinstate family-support program for incarcerated parents in S.109",1223,15120,1238350,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3610754-14fcecb895296eb084814df4443843a3&start=15&end=1238","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3610754-14fcecb895296eb084814df4443843a3/thumbnail_15120.jpg","/articles/6222111/Vermont/House-Judiciary-panel-concurs-with-Senate-to-reinstate-family-support-program-for-incarcerated-parents-in-S109","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6222111-6e636d57375a0706b1ee43acccec2c74/orig.mp4?Expires=1775120888&Signature=fGzIcpT-qMVfsk4RzdaB2Qoo6iaz4mzVs0BjNce27NlEzg8XM6hlKje8DLIOu6cjzWAJEXKO2INkHG0huOpjx1pdl5mLFvyRrAHFHK3HZed9VW-549gx2tPu3Y58bASeEM19Mc3G5i4Na2puLuPcbweovHyY~EIukwM7-dPxrBtacjeh8VoVU~i15Kb3omu4kQZ5FPwe75ydMdIBBprIBHYylRvJ-dce0r6m8EQ6wvsURVCfsAoQ9bZPgfIZEmWmolxgts2dQMCmN8cfYn7xs~T04TqtiKZ9pqfO2KTph4yE8loMWjHYzeZKWK4DHs9ZeRJcdkE1~gsT7bEAcWyGdw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The House Judiciary Committee on Thursday agreed to concur with Senate changes to S.109 that restore a family-support program for incarcerated parents, after lawyers removed language the governor's office had said presented a separation-of-powers problem.

The program, previously passed as H.219 but vetoed because it required the Department of Corrections (DOC) to include funding for the program in its budget submission, returns in S.109 with that budget-direction language removed. Eric Dispatcher, legislative counsel with the Office of Legislative Council, told the committee the problematic language \"was removed\" and that \"other than that, the same language that was in H.219\" remains in the bill.

The restored provisions would codify trauma-informed parenting and family-support services at correctional facilities and authorize DOC to deliver those services to incarcerated parents. Committee members said DOC expects to cover initial costs from its general appropriation; the committee discussed a funding figure of $390,000 in fiscal 2026 to sustain existing services at a women's treatment facility and to start the program at the Newport facility, with about $200,000 earmarked for the Newport start-up.

Members raised implementation questions about facilities outside the state's custody and whether programs must be provided in person. A committee member asked whether out-of-state placements could participate; the record shows the committee was told virtual delivery would be required for those facilities because in-person services would be impractical. Another member pointed out statutory language that the services be \"free parenting and family support\" could be misread to mean no one bears any cost; the committee noted the intent is that services be provided to incarcerated parents and costs would be covered by DOC funding rather than imposed on participants.

Committee members also discussed codifying the program for parity across male and female facilities and noted DOC and the governor's legal counsel had been consulted and found the revised text acceptable. The committee voted to find the House's concurrence with the Senate changes favorable on S.109; the committee recorded a final tally of 8-1-2 on the motion to concur.

The bill will move to the House floor for further action this afternoon, per committee scheduling remarks.","The House Judiciary Committee agreed to the Senate's changes to S.109 that restore a trauma-informed family support program for incarcerated parents after language that had prompted a gubernatorial veto was removed; committee members discussed funding and implementation at in-state and out-of-state facilities.","actionData","errors"]

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