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Senate Judiciary panel pauses bill to consolidate probation/parole supervision fees after budget and spending questions
Summary
Lawmakers paused consideration of House Bill 12‑43, which would direct the full $35 monthly supervision fee paid by probationers and parolees into the Community Correction Revolving Fund, after agency testimony raised unanswered questions about deleted spending restrictions and potential budget trade‑offs.
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday paused action on House Bill 12‑43 after extended questioning about how the bill would change limits on spending and whether consolidating a $35 monthly supervision fee would supplant general revenue for parole and probation staffing.
Senator Irvin, who presented the bill, said the proposal would delete the separate “best practices” fund and deposit the entire $35 fee into the Community Correction Revolving Fund so that the money would be used for “continuation and expansion of community correction programs and supervision as approved by the board of corrections.” He described the change as an accounting consolidation prompted by Act 423 (2017), which, he said,…
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