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Panel advances broad penal code revisions after stakeholder-backed review, with restitution concerns raised

Senate Committees on Judiciary and on Water, Land, Culture, and the Arts (joint/hearing) · February 11, 2026

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Summary

Judiciary and public defender representatives supported SB 27-21 to implement penal code review recommendations, including reducing certain drug residue offenses and shortening probation for some nonviolent felonies; victims’ advocates warned shorter probation could shift restitution burdens to victims and urged protections.

SB 27-21, which implements recommendations of a broad 2025 penal-code review committee, advanced after testimony from judicial staff, the public defender and multiple advocacy groups.

Jennifer Wong of the Judiciary staff and Hailey Chang of the Office of the Public Defender emphasized that the measure reflects extensive stakeholder…

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