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Committee hears bill to centralize criminology reports, funds $25,000 for FY27
Summary
Legislative counsel told the House Appropriations Committee that H.410 would create a new chapter in Title 13 directing annual criminology reports to the Vermont Statistical Analysis Center and repeal an older recidivism definition; Joint Fiscal noted a $25,000 FY27 appropriation (ongoing thereafter) to fund the reports.
Legislative counsel told the House Appropriations Committee on March 17 that H.410 would create a new chapter in Title 13 to centralize criminology measures and reporting.
Michelle Childs, legislative counsel, said the bill “creates a new chapter in Title 13 for criminology measures” and adds a plain‑language definition of recidivism as a later conviction for a separate crime. The draft prescribes standard measurement points (including three‑ and five‑year lookbacks) and directs the Vermont Statistical Analysis Center (SAC) to compile and submit annual reports to relevant House and Senate judiciary and institutions committees.
The measure specifies four report streams: annual bail statistics (including hold‑without‑bail and posting amounts by county); an annual recidivism report using the…
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