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HB 744 Juvenile; sentencing when tried as an adult.
Introduced by: Vivian E. Watts | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Sentencing of juvenile tried as adult. Provides that a court, in the case of a juvenile tried as an adult and convicted of a felony, may depart from any mandatory minimum sentence required by law and suspend any portion of an otherwise applicable sentence. The bill also requires the court, when sentencing a juvenile as an adult, to consider the juvenile's exposure to adverse childhood experiences, early childhood trauma, or any child welfare agency and the differences between juvenile and adult offenders.
FULL TEXT
- 01/06/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104812D pdf
- 01/30/20 House: Printed as engrossed 20104812D-E pdf | impact statement
- 03/04/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB744ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/23/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0396) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/06/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104812D
- 01/06/20 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/17/20 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
- 01/22/20 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 1-N)
- 01/27/20 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (15-Y 4-N)
- 01/29/20 House: Read first time
- 01/30/20 House: Read second time
- 01/30/20 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 01/30/20 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB744E
- 01/30/20 House: Printed as engrossed 20104812D-E
- 01/31/20 House: Read third time and passed House (71-Y 27-N)
- 01/31/20 House: VOTE: Passage (71-Y 27-N)
- 02/03/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/03/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 02/17/20 Senate: Reported from Judiciary (13-Y 2-N)
- 02/17/20 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/25/20 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 2-N)
- 02/26/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/20 Senate: Read third time
- 02/27/20 Senate: Passed Senate (30-Y 10-N)
- 03/04/20 House: Enrolled
- 03/04/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB744ER)
- 03/05/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/05/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/12/20 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- 03/12/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 03/23/20 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 396 (effective 7/1/20)
- 03/23/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0396)