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Committee directs amendments to H559 after debate over parole-board training, appointments and legal support
Summary
Legislative counsel will draft amendments to H559 to add the parole-board chair to training responsibilities, remove language about "making determinations of parole," require governor consultation with chair/director on appointments and drop proposed term limits; members also flagged a $25,000 legal-counsel funding gap.
The Institutions Committee reviewed outstanding provisions of H559 on Tuesday and instructed legislative counsel to prepare an amendment addressing training, appointments and governance for the parole board.
Hillary (legislative counsel) walked members through section 1 of the bill, which lists powers and responsibilities of the Department of Corrections commissioner related to parole. Multiple members and parole-board director Mary Jane Ainsworth urged changes to ensure the chair and parole-board director have a formal collaborative role in providing training. "I would suggest striking the language 'making determinations of parole,'" Ainsworth told the…
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