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CS/HB 353: Juvenile Justice

GENERAL BILL by Criminal Justice Subcommittee ; Harrell ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Edwards ; Pilon

Juvenile Justice; Provides criminal penalties for specified employees who inflict cruel or inhuman treatment upon juvenile offenders; provides enhanced penalties for such treatment that results in great bodily harm, permanent disability, or permanent disfigurement; specifies that such conduct constitutes sufficient cause for employee's dismissal & prohibits such employee from future employment with juvenile justice system; provides incident reporting requirements; prohibits employee who witnesses such an incident from knowingly or willfully failing to report; prohibits false reporting, preventing another from reporting, or coercing another to alter testimony or reports; defines "juvenile offender" for purposes of prohibiting sexual misconduct with juvenile offenders.

Effective Date: upon becoming a law
 Last Action: 5/3/2013 Senate - Died in Criminal Justice
Bill Text: PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Criminal Justice (CJ)
  2. Judiciary (JU)
  3. Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice (ACJ)
  4. Appropriations (AP)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    1/21/2013 House • Filed
    1/30/2013 House • Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee -HJ 47
    2/5/2013 House • On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice Subcommittee, 02/12/13, 9:00 am, 404 HOB
    2/12/2013 House • CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 -HJ 155
    2/19/2013 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.19(c)
    2/21/2013 House • Now in Justice Appropriations Subcommittee -HJ 152
    3/5/2013 House • Introduced -HJ 47
    • CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 148
    3/11/2013 House • On Committee agenda-- Justice Appropriations Subcommittee, 03/13/13, 9:00 am, Morris Hall
    3/13/2013 House • Favorable by Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -HJ 242
    • Now in Judiciary Committee -HJ 242
    3/18/2013 House • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 03/20/13, 8:00 am, 404 HOB
    3/20/2013 House • Favorable by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 -HJ 286
    • Placed on Calendar -HJ 286
    4/9/2013 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/11/13
    4/11/2013 House • Read 2nd time -HJ 516
    • Amendment(s) adopted (280685, 392831) -HJ 516
    • Placed on 3rd reading
    4/12/2013 House • Read 3rd time -HJ 593
    • CS passed as amended; YEAS 115 NAYS 0 -HJ 593
    4/18/2013 Senate • In Messages
    • Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations -SJ 508
    4/23/2013 Senate • Received -SJ 508
    5/3/2013 Senate • Died in Criminal Justice

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  • CS/HB 353, Engrossed 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/11/2013 at 7:06 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (3)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 672 (c2) Juvenile Justice Evers Identical Last Action: 5/3/2013 S Died in Appropriations
    Location: In committee/council (AP)     		Track This Bill
    S 678 (c1) Juvenile Justice Evers Similar Last Action: 5/3/2013 S Died in Judiciary
    Location: In committee/council (JU)     		Track This Bill
    H 4019 (c1) Juvenile Justice Harrell Compare Last Action: 5/3/2013 S Died in Criminal Justice
    Location: In committee/council (CJ)     		Track This Bill

    Floor Votes (1)

    Date Chamber Result
    4/12/2013 11:44 AM House 115 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (5)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    121.0515 Special Risk Class. Page 6 (pdf)
    945.75 Tours of state correctional facilities for juveniles. Page 5 (pdf)
    985.105 Youth custody officer. Page 6 (pdf)
    985.701 Sexual misconduct prohibited; reporting required; penalties. Page 4 (pdf)
    985.702 Page 2 (pdf)

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  • CS/HB 353, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 2/19/2013 at 7:32 AM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   Justice Appropriations Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 3/13/2013 (pdf)
    Judiciary Committee (Post-Meeting) 3/20/2013 (pdf)

    Related Bills (2)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 678 (c1) Juvenile Justice Evers Identical Last Action: 5/3/2013 S Died in Judiciary
    Location: In committee/council (JU)     		Track This Bill
    S 672 (c2) Juvenile Justice Evers Compare Last Action: 5/3/2013 S Died in Appropriations
    Location: In committee/council (AP)     		Track This Bill

    Floor Amendments (2)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Floor Action Format
    392831 - Amendment
    Remove line 55 and insert:     		Harrell 3/27/2013
    11:19 AM     		House: Adopted
    4/11/2013     		PDF
    280685 - Amendment
    Between lines 129 and 130, insert:     		Harrell 4/10/2013
    10:06 AM     		House: Adopted
    4/11/2013     		PDF

    Citations - Statutes (2)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    985.701 Sexual misconduct prohibited; reporting required; penalties. Page 4 (pdf)
    985.702 Page 1 (pdf)

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  • HB 353, Original Filed Version Posted 1/21/2013 at 8:57 AM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   Criminal Justice Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 2/18/2013 (pdf)

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    522123 - Strike All Amendment
    Remove everything after the enacting clause and insert:     		Harrell 2/11/2013
    6:26 PM     		Adopted without Objection
    2/12/2013     		PDF

    Citations - Statutes (2)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    827.03 Abuse, aggravated abuse, and neglect of a child; penalties. Page 1 (pdf)
    945.74 Implementation. Page 1 (pdf)

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