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Senate Institutions panel vets bill to eliminate DOC supervisory fees, delays effective date to 2027
Summary
The Senate Institutions committee reviewed House Bill H 635, which would remove the Department of Corrections' authority to charge supervisory fees, require forgiveness of outstanding supervisory fees and bar use of fee nonpayment as a sentence violation; members pushed the effective date to 07/01/2027 to allow DOC time to cease collections.
The Senate Institutions committee on March 19 reviewed House Bill H 635, which would strip the Department of Corrections (DOC) of the authority to impose supervisory fees on people on probation, furlough or parole and would require the department to forgive outstanding supervisory fees.
Representative Sean Sweeney introduced the measure, saying the program "has not done what it was intended to do" and noting that the fee program has produced limited revenue. "It brought in $250,000," he said, adding that collection and administrative costs reported by DOC far outpaced receipts.
John Brady, counsel to the committee, walked members through the bill text, saying the measure removes the statutory authority in Title 28 that allows the commissioner to charge up to $30 per month (in practice $15)…
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