H.2 (Act 4)
An act relating to increasing the minimum age for delinquency proceedings
Sponsors:
Rep. Martin LaLonde, Rep. Angela Arsenault, Rep. Karen Dolan, Rep. Barbara Rachelson
Last Recorded Action: 4/2/2025 - House message: Governor approved bill on March 31, 2025
Committee Activity - Witnesses Who Testified
Regular Session 2025-2026
House Committee on Human Services
- Erik FitzPatrick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Rep. Martin LaLonde, Bill Reporter, House Committee on Judiciary
House Committee on Judiciary
- Tyler Allen, High-End System of Care Director, Department for Children and Families, Family Services Division
- Matthew Bernstein, Director, Office of Child, Youth and Family Advocate
- Lindy Boudreau, Adolescent Services Director, Department for Children and Families, Family Services Division
- Xusana Davis, Executive Director, Office of Racial Equity
- Erik FitzPatrick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Tucker Jones, General Counsel, Department of Public Safety
- Teresa Kominos, Policy Counsel, Human Rights for Kids
- Tim Lueders-Dumont, Executive Director, Vermont Department of State's Attorneys and Sheriffs
- Rep. Eric Maguire, Sponsor
- Kim McManus, Legislative Attorney, Vermont Department of State's Attorneys and Sheriffs
- Marshall Pahl, Deputy Defender General and Chief Juvenile Defender, Defender General's Office
- Aryka Radke, Deputy Commissioner, Family Services Division, Department for Children and Families
- Karen Vastine, Chair, Council for Equitable Youth Justice
- Thomas Zonay, Chief Superior Judge, Vermont Judiciary
Senate Committee on Judiciary
- Tyler Allen, High-End System of Care Director, Department for Children and Families, Family Services Division
- Alma Alvarado, Workforce Development Director, Department for Children and Families
- Matthew Bernstein, Director, Office of Child, Youth and Family Advocate
- Lindy Boudreau, Adolescent Services Director, Department for Children and Families, Family Services Division
- Patricia Casanova, VT Deputy Compact Administrator ICPC/ICJ, Department for Children and Families
- Lael Chester, Director, Emerging Adult Program, Columbia University Justice Lab
- Nikki Duran, Family Services Supervisor, Department for Children and Families, Family Services Division
- Erik FitzPatrick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Nikhil Goyal, Sociologist, Founder, Treat Youth Like Youth Coalition
- Lauren Higbee, Deputy Advocate, Office of Child, Youth and Family Advocate
- Marshall Pahl, Deputy Defender General and Chief Juvenile Defender, Defender General's Office
- Jaye Pershing Johnson, Governor's Counsel, Governor's Office
- Aryka Radke, Deputy Commissioner, Family Services Division, Department for Children and Families
- Liz Ryan, Former Chief of Juvenile Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
- Chris Winters, Commissioner, Department for Children and Families