VT H0763

Incarcerated individuals would be counted at their residential address prior to incarceration, rather than at the correctional facility location, for purposes of drawing Vermont House and Senate districts following each decennial census.

The Department of Corrections must deliver offender residential data to the Legislative Apportionment Board by May 1 of the year following each decennial census, including unique identifiers, facility addresses, prior residential addresses, age, and sentence information.

Offenders whose prior address is unknown or out-of-state would be excluded entirely from population counts used for redistricting.

Offenders serving life sentences without possibility of release would continue to be counted at the correctional facility location.

All offender information provided under this section is confidential and exempt from public records requests, with names and identifying information prohibited from disclosure.