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House passes statewide crime-reduction plan after contested debate on scope and funding
Summary
HB 2-86 tasks state leaders with developing a statewide crime-reduction strategy addressing high-risk offenders, neighborhoods, victims, and youth prevention; members debated whether the commission could do the work without new funding. The House passed the bill 50–24 and sent it to the Senate.
Representative Dwayne E. Bordeaux sponsored HB 2-86, proposing a statewide crime-reduction plan that would mobilize police, prosecutors, probation agents, parents, businesses, teachers, and nonprofit groups to tackle high-risk offenders, reclaim neighborhoods, support victims, and prevent youth violence and gang…
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