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Sponsor offers reduced FTE option after hearing on hiring PSI writers for Department of Corrections
Summary
Senate Bill 89, proposing additional Department of Corrections FTEs to produce presentence investigation reports and relieve probation officers, drew questions about process and funding; sponsor said she is open to reducing the request from 14 FTEs to a smaller number and the committee later tabled the bill in executive action.
Senate Bill 89, carried by Sen. Smith on behalf of the Criminal Justice Oversight Council, would add staff in the Department of Corrections to produce presentence investigation (PSI) reports and relieve probation officers with heavy caseloads. Smith said the proposal responds to understaffing that has "impacted public safety and the quality of these pre sentence reports," and acknowledged the original fiscal note requested 14 FTEs but that she was "open to a conversation" to reduce that number; during floor discussion she said the Judiciary Committee had considered…
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