SB 1492 (2022) -  Prosecuting Children as Adults

by Bracy
Deleting provisions under which a state attorney must either request a court to transfer and certify children of certain ages who commit specified crimes for prosecution as adults or provide written reasons to the court for not making such a request, or must proceed under certain provisions; revising the circumstances under which a state attorney may file an information in cases that involve children of certain ages who commit certain crimes; providing that children 14 years of age or older, rather than children of any age, who are charged with certain offenses are subject to court jurisdiction until an indictment is returned; authorizing, rather than requiring, a child to be sentenced as an adult if the child is found to have committed an offense punishable by death or life imprisonment, etc.
Effective Date: 07/01/2022
Last Event: 03/14/22 S Died in Judiciary on Monday, March 14, 2022 1:02 PM

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  • Judiciary
  • Criminal Justice
  • Appropriations

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Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Died in Judiciary Time: 03/14/2022 - 1:02 PM Member: Committee: Judiciary Version: __
Event: S Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration Time: 03/12/2022 - 12:00 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Introduced -SJ 130 Time: 01/18/2022 - 4:22 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Referred to Judiciary; Criminal Justice; Appropriations -SJ 131 Time: 01/12/2022 - 11:32 AM Member: Committee: Judiciary Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 01/05/2022 - 9:18 AM Member: Committee: Version: __

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