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Committee reports bill to expand eviction-diversion court program to any willing general district court

2141857 · January 22, 2025
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Summary

A Senate committee approved a line amendment clarifying that the eviction diversion pilot program may be implemented by any general district court in the Commonwealth and reported the bill to the full Senate, 14-0.

Senator Locke told the committee that Senate Bill 8:30 would expand and make permanent an eviction-diversion court program, and that line amendments clarify which courts may participate.

The bill, as amended on the first two lines (17 and 18), now reads that “there is hereby established the eviction diversion pilot program” and that “the…

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