Victims' services director urges automatic parole-notification language in H.559

Apr 2, 2026

Jennifer Pullman, executive director of the Center for Crime Victim Services, told the Senate Institutions committee H.559 should import the automatic-notification language in 28 V.S.A. §507 into 13 V.S.A. §5305 so victims receive parole-hearing information unless they waive it in writing.

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Jennifer Pullman, executive director of the Center for Crime Victim Services, urged the Senate Institutions committee on April 2 to amend H.559 so that victim-notification rights in Title 13 mirror the automatic-notification language already in Title 28.

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