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House Judiciary Committee reviews H 410 to create criminal-justice-data chapter, simplify recidivism definition
Summary
The House Judiciary Committee reviewed draft H 410, which would create a new criminal-justice-data chapter in Title 13, adopt a simplified statutory definition of recidivism, require annual reports from the Vermont Statistical Analysis Center, and authorize small appropriations for those reports; no vote was taken.
The House Judiciary Committee on Thursday reviewed draft H 410, a strike-all amendment that would create a new criminal-justice-data chapter in Title 13 and set out annual reporting requirements for the Vermont Statistical Analysis Center.
The amendment would replace a complex recidivism definition in Title 28 with a shorter statutory definition. "Recidivism means a relapse into criminal activity," the committee was told when staff walked through the draft; staff agreed to remove the phrase "habit of" after members said it implied repeated behavior rather than a subsequent conviction. Michelle Chiles of the Office of Legislative Council introduced the draft and led the explanation…
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