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SB 418: Criminal Prosecution of Juveniles

GENERAL BILL by Smith

Criminal Prosecution of Juveniles; Providing additional circumstances for the discretionary direct filing of charges against certain juveniles; providing criteria for determining when a case against a juvenile should be recommended to the court to be transferred for criminal prosecution; providing criteria for consideration of a child’s request to an adult court to return a criminal case to the juvenile justice system, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2012
Last Action: 3/9/2012 Senate - Died in Criminal Justice
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Criminal Justice (CJ)
  2. Judiciary (JU)
  3. Budget (BC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    10/4/2011 Senate • Filed
    11/2/2011 Senate • Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Budget -SJ 38
    1/10/2012 Senate • Introduced -SJ 38
    3/9/2012 Senate • Died in Criminal Justice

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  • SB 418, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 10/4/2011 at 10:18 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 551 Criminal Prosecution of Juveniles Thurston, Bernard Identical Last Action: 3/9/2012 H Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
    Location: In committee/council (CRJS)

    Citations - Statutes (2)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    985.556 Waiver of juvenile court jurisdiction; hearing. Page 4 (pdf)
    985.557 Direct filing of an information; discretionary and mandatory criteria. Page 1 (pdf)

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