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House concurs with Senate amendments to S.109, shifting several judiciary studies and adding corrections program expansion
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The Vermont House concurred in the Senate’s proposal of amendment to S.109, an omnibus judiciary bill, and instructed the clerk to message the action to the Senate.
The Vermont House concurred in the Senate’s proposal of amendment to S.109, an act addressing miscellaneous judiciary procedures, and voted to message its action to the Senate.
On the floor, the member from Burlington summarized the changes in the Senate proposal of amendment: the Senate restored two members (the Center for Crime Victim Services and the Network Against Domestic Violence) to the firearm‑surrender order compliance working group; removed a provision that had already become law regarding marriage fees; and removed several study or task‑force provisions the Senate committees did not have time to take testimony on (including a child and parent legal representation task force and certain guardianship working‑group language). The House retained some substantive changes introduced in the House, while accepting the Senate’s adjustments in other sections.
One addition the presenter highlighted was language mirroring H.219 to expand the Department of Corrections’ family support program to be available in more facilities and to remove language the governor had objected to in a previous bill. The presenter said the appropriation to expand the program (described on the floor as $390,000 overall) has already been approved in the budget and that the Newport program will be the first to participate, with $200,000 allocated for that effort.
Other changes described included adjusted provisions on appeals of revocation of bail, adult involuntary guardianships (removed by the Senate from this bill pending further study outside statute), courthouse capital‑fund criteria and reporting timelines for assistant judges, and a retained adjustment to second‑or‑subsequent DUI penalties (reducing minimum community service hours from 200 to 80 without the House’s proposed sunset).
The House concurred in the Senate proposal of amendment and then passed a motion to message the action to the Senate forthwith.
