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Senate Judiciary delays bill that would divert part of insurance‑collected restitution to DOJ victim services
Summary
Lawmakers debated whether House Bill 3816A should require insurance carriers to remit 50% of criminal restitution awards to the Department of Justice to fund victim services. Committee members raised legal drafting and policy concerns and carried the bill over for further work.
The Senate Committee on Judiciary carried over House Bill 3816A on Monday after extended discussion about whether and how insurance carriers should remit part of criminal restitution awards to the state to fund victim services.
The bill, as presented in committee, would require an insurance carrier that receives an award of criminal restitution to pay 50% of that award to the Department of Justice to fund victim services and also clarifies that a…
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