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Committee advances large recodification to create Department of Criminal Justice
Summary
The committee gave a favorable recommendation to SB 323, a large recodification that would reorganize the Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice into a proposed Department of Criminal Justice (statute 75 E), reassign administrative duties, and preserve the commission's substantive role; stakeholders including law enforcement and parole board leaders endorsed the change.
The House Business, Labor and Commerce Committee voted to advance SB 323, a comprehensive recodification that would reorganize the Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice (CCJJ) into a new Department of Criminal Justice and consolidate CCJJ statutes under a new statutory section (referred to in testimony as "75 E").
Tom Ross, executive director of CCJJ, told the committee that CCJJ has grown into 11 divisions with more than 85 employees and manages…
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