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Committee chair asks AG, DOC and AHS to meet to resolve parole board legal representation

House of Corrections and Institutions Committee · February 13, 2026

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Summary

The committee chair asked the attorney general’s office, Department of Corrections and Agency of Human Services to meet and return with a plan to ensure the parole board has independent legal representation, citing conflicting testimony and the committee’s preference that representation not be shared.

During a procedural update, the committee chair said he had discussed the parole board’s budget and legal representation with Mary Jane and James Worth and asked them to meet with the attorney general’s office, Department of Corrections and possibly Agency of Human Services to resolve conflicts about who represents the parole board.

The chair said the desired outcome is that the parole board have legal backup that is not conflicted by representing both sides. "You need legal backup, and it can't be a person that's representing both sides," he stated, and asked the parties to "go to the cafeteria and figure it out" and return to the committee with a plan. He asked the participants to treat the request as coming from him as committee chair.

The committee recorded this as a direction rather than a formal motion; staff were asked to expect a follow‑up report from the convened parties. No formal vote or statutory change was taken at the meeting.