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House floor debate over offender‑treatment funding centers on cost, evaluation and program scope
Summary
Lawmakers debated House Bill 68, a package to expand offender treatment that carries a roughly $1.75 million price tag; members pressed sponsors on a $200,000 evaluation line, $250,000 renovation estimate and whether the program’s projected 60%–70% success rate is supportable.
Representative (Speaker 3) opened floor discussion on amended House Bill 68, a multi‑phase offender‑treatment package the sponsor described as the product of year‑long stakeholder work. Speaker 3 said the program combines treatment and parole reforms and "he anticipates in his professional opinion a 60 percent to 70 percent success rate."
Several members questioned the bill's fiscal details. Representative (Speaker 5) asked why the legislature would appropriate $200,000 for evaluation of a $1.5 million treatment program and said, "I have a hard time with that number." Speaker 5 also…
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