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VT H0128
Bill
Status
1/30/2025
Primary Sponsor
Michael Boutin
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AI Summary
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Requires arraignment on the next business day for persons cited or arrested for dispensing or selling regulated drugs at a dwelling where they are not a legal tenant, except for good cause shown
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Changes State's Attorney obligation from discretionary ("may") to mandatory ("shall") to request conditions of release in these cases
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Mandates that the State's Attorney request a condition of release prohibiting the person from coming within a fixed distance of the dwelling where the alleged drug activity occurred
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Applies specifically to non-tenants engaged in unlawful drug activity at residential properties
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Effective date: July 1, 2025
Legislative Description
An act relating to unlawful drug activity in a dwelling by a person who is not a legal tenant
Last Action
Read first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary
1/30/2025