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House approves Parole Board overhaul and legal-counsel pilot with funding
Summary
Lawmakers amended H559 to revise Parole Board membership and training, create a legal-counsel pilot for parole hearings, and appropriate $75,000 for the pilot; the bill was amended as recommended and ordered to third reading.
The House on March 17 adopted committee recommendations to amend H559, a bill that restructures the Vermont Parole Board, mandates updated training, and launches a legal-counsel pilot to support hearings.
Key floor changes increase permanent board membership to seven (eliminating two alternate positions), clarify the governor’s vacancy consultation process with the director and chair, and codify…
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