The House Ways and Means Committee heard Rep. Steuerwald’s HB 1006 on criminal justice funding. The Committee amended the bill by consent to reduce the first-year appropriation to $30 million, to move the appropriations to the Judicial Center’s budget, and to define treatment for addiction. The bill passed as amended, 18-0. Read the bill at ht … [Read more...] about Criminal justice funding
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Criminal justice funding
The House Judiciary Committee heard Rep. Steuerwald’s HB 1006 on criminal justice funding. The bill creates the Justice Reinvestment Community Grants Program and provides that the Judicial Center shall develop and administer the program. The bill also provides that the Judicial Center shall award grants to assist with the establishment and maintenance of community corrections p … [Read more...] about Criminal justice funding
Crime fighting pilot
The Senate Corrections and Criminal Law Committee heard SB 551, Sen. Waltz’s bill to establish crime fighting pilot projects in Marion, Lake, and Allen Counties, with an annual appropriation of $200,000 for each of the counties to be used only to pay overtime for officers assigned to a high crime district. Law enforcement officers from the chosen counties testified in support of the … [Read more...] about Crime fighting pilot