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House amendments add intervenor compensation and create victim‑notification review in judiciary bill
Summary
The committee reviewed House additions to the judiciary bill that (1) expand victim compensation eligibility to people who intervene to assist a broader set of protected professionals and (2) let victims opt into earned‑time notices and create a task force to study victim notification systems.
The committee discussed House changes to the bill that expand who may apply to the Victim Compensation Board and that create opt‑in notice and a study of victim notification for earned‑time credits.
The House amendment preserves existing authority for victims to apply for compensation and adds 'intervenors' who assist not only law enforcement officers but also other protected professionals listed in statute — including firefighters, health‑care workers and emergency medical personnel — so that someone who…
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