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VT H0128

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/30/2025

Primary Sponsor

Michael Boutin

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025-2026 Session

AI Summary

  • 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

  • Changes State's Attorney obligation from discretionary ("may") to mandatory ("shall") to request conditions of release in these cases

  • 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

  • Applies specifically to non-tenants engaged in unlawful drug activity at residential properties

  • 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

Committee Referrals

Judiciary1/30/2025

Full Bill Text

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