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Committee approves making Community Outreach Court permanent, removes AG appropriation

5929205 · March 19, 2025
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Summary

The committee voted to pass HB 280 with amendments that make community outreach court a permanent division of the First Circuit’s district court and remove a proposed appropriation and definition reference to the Attorney General; multiple agencies and service providers supported permanence.

The Senate Committee on Judiciary voted to pass House Bill 280 with amendments that permanently establish the Community Outreach Court (COC) as a division of the District Court of the First Circuit.

The committee accepted the Attorney General’s suggested amendments to remove the Attorney General from the bill’s definition of prosecuting attorney and to remove a…

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