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Office of State Public Defender seeks statutory cleanup in committee; directors say no substantive changes
Summary
House Bill 102, an agency bill from the Office of State Public Defender, would update statutory terms and reassign duties to reflect the agency’s current regional and divisional structure; OPD director Brett Shandelson said the bill "does not change substantive duties."
Representative Jade Souktis introduced House Bill 102 as an agency request and deferred to the Office of State Public Defender. Brett Shandelson, OPD director, told the committee the bill comprises cleanup language to align statutes with the post‑2017 agency structure: renaming positions (regional public defenders rather than deputy…
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