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SGC votes to oppose bill increasing mandatory victim-penalty assessment after contested debate
Summary
After extended debate over indigency proofs, funding cuts to victim services, and potential constitutional or practical limits, the Sensing Guideline Commission voted to oppose House Bill 2430 (victim-penalty-assessment changes).
The Sensing Guideline Commission debated House Bill 2430 — described in the meeting as the victim-of-crime penalty assessment bill — at length on Feb. 6, 2026. The bill would raise statutory victim-penalty-assessment amounts (for felonies/gross misdemeanors and misdemeanors), allow an additional surcharge intended to support victim services, and require the court to impose the assessment unless the defendant provides documentary…
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