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House advances bill to eliminate Department of Corrections supervisory fees
Summary
Lawmakers advanced H.635, which would strike statutory supervisory fees administered by the Department of Corrections, forgive outstanding balances and bar nonpayment from constituting a supervision violation; sponsors said the fee program costs more to administer than it raises.
Representative Sweeney, speaking for the Corrections and Institutions Committee, walked the House through H.635 during a second reading, saying the fee is assessed to roughly 4,700 justice-involved Vermonters and that current collection practices lose money overall. "In 2025, the estimate to administer, process, collect, and manage this fee was approximately $550,000," Sweeney said, and noted DOC collected about $280,000 in fees last year, creating a net…
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