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BILL · 2019–20 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SSB 5737

SB 5737: Juvenile rehab. confinement

Concerning confinement in juvenile rehabilitation facilities.

Summary

  • Allows juveniles subject to autodecline who are adjudicated in juvenile court to be committed to the custody of Juvenile Rehabilitation (JR) until age twenty-five.
  • Requires persons sentenced in adult court for crimes committed as minors to be placed initially in JR and remain there up to the age of twenty-five.
  • Provides a review procedure allowing for persons currently in Department of Corrections (DOC) custody who are serving sentences for offenses committed as minors to transfer to JR until age twenty-five.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5737), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 30, 2019
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Jeannie Darneille (D-27)
Introduced
January 30, 2019 in the Senate
Last action
January 13, 2020
Companion bill
HB 1646
Budget
Has a fiscal note
Versions
SB 5737, SSB 5737

AN ACT Relating to confinement in juvenile rehabilitation facilities;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Jeannie Darneille (D-27)

2 co-sponsors (2 Democrats, 0 Republicans)

Steve Conway D-29Joe Nguyen D-34

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (SSB 5737)
  2. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  3. Referred to Ways & Means. (SSB 5737)
  4. Referred to Ways & Means.
  5. HSRR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SSB 5737)
  6. And refer to Ways & Means. (SSB 5737)
  7. Minority; without recommendation. (SSB 5737)
  8. Minority; without recommendation.
  9. And refer to Ways & Means.
  10. HSRR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
  11. First reading, referred to Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation.

SB 5737 in other sessions

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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