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2021 SESSION
SB 1456 Juveniles; eligibility for commitment to the Department of Juvenile Justice.
Introduced by: David W. Marsden | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Juveniles; eligibility for commitment to the Department of Juvenile Justice; eligibility for predispositional confinement in a secure facility. Provides that a juvenile may be committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice (the Department) only if he (i) is adjudicated delinquent of a violent juvenile felony and is 11 years of age or older or (ii) is 14 years of age or older. The bill provides that no juvenile younger than 11 years of age may be detained in a secure facility prior to an order of final disposition unless he is alleged to have committed a violent juvenile felony; in such case, the juvenile may only be detained in an approved foster home, a facility operated by a licensed child welfare agency, or another suitable place designated by the court and approved by the Department.
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HISTORY
- 01/20/21 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 21102423D
- 01/20/21 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 01/27/21 Senate: Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/21 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/02/21 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/21 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/05/21 House: Read first time
- 02/05/21 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/08/21 House: Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice by voice vote