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Senate concurs in cleanup bill for Office of Public Defender after questions on structure and positions
Summary
House Bill 102, a technical cleanup bill for the Office of Public Defender with a $0 fiscal note, was heard and later concurred in by the committee. Senators pressed the office on whether the changes create new positions and on moving practice standards out of statute; the office said no new positions are created and standards remain mandatory under memoranda.
Representative Jade Suptis introduced House Bill 102 as a cleanup bill for the Office of Public Defender that consolidates statutes and updates language without substantive policy changes and with a $0 fiscal note.
Cohen Mercer, Central Services Division Administrator for the Office of Public Defender, told the committee HB102 was drafted at the office’s request to update and consolidate statutory language. Mercer said the bill does not create new positions:…
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