Committee approves amendment to S.255 adding reporting dates for Wyndham County pilot

Apr 14, 2026

The committee voted to forward a committee amendment to Senate Bill 255 requiring additional reporting from the Wyndham County law enforcement governance pilot, including a report by Sept. 30, 2030 and the originally contemplated Dec. 31, 2030 deadline. The committee voted in favor by recorded roll call and agreed to report the bill to the clerk.

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Tim Devlin of the Legislative Council presented draft 1.2 of a committee amendment to Senate Bill 255 at the Government Operations & Military Affairs meeting on April 14. The amendment inserts an additional report date (September 30, 2030) alongside the originally contemplated December 31, 2030 deadline and specifies the content of the report: assessment of cost effectiveness, analysis of service quality improvements, evaluation of governance model effectiveness, recommendations on continuation/modification/expansion, and a proposed framework for statewide replication if warranted.

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