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Panel backs measure to require seven‑day notice to local law enforcement when serious violent offenders are released
Summary
House Bill 12-50 would require the Department of Correction to provide at least seven days' electronic notice to local sheriffs, prosecutors and chiefs of police before the release of a serious violent felon; the committee adopted multiple consent amendments to expand victim notification rights and address juvenile adjudications and then held the bill open with an apparent unanimous tally.
Representative Tim O’Brien described House Bill 12-50 as a victim‑centered bill to strengthen public safety by requiring the Department of Correction to provide at least seven days’ advance electronic notice to receiving local law enforcement and prosecutors when a serious violent offender will be released. “This advanced notice will allow law enforcement to coordinate,…
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