I am writing as the co-chair of the VACDL legislative committee to express our organizational support for this necessary change in the law. It is incongruent that under current law participants in these specialty courts and dockets can receive a restricted license during participation but it is yanked away from them upon graduation. The graduates of these programs are to be commended, and they are not risks to the public because they have received the necessary and deserved assistance that addresses the underlying issues they have dealt with. I am glad that this bill has support of many other stakeholders in criminal justice and want to make certain the honorable members of our legislatures are aware that the state’s organization of criminal defense lawyers also enthusiastically support this measure.