SGC backs creating work group to study reinstituting parole, urges timely implementation

Feb 6, 2026

The Sensing Guideline Commission voted to support SSB 6074, which forms a work group to recommend a coordinated approach to reinstituting parole, while urging that parole not be treated as the only second-look option and asking for timely implementation.

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Staff described SSB 6074 as a narrowed bill that removes direct statutory reinstatement and instead creates a parole-reinstitution work group to be staffed by Ruckel's Health Center and charged with making coordinated recommendations.

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