Relating To Juvenile Justice. [SB-2836]
Requires the Judiciary to create a separate employment classification for juvenile probation officers. Establishes minimum procedures for the appointment of juvenile probation officers. Requires reports to the Legislature on the status of the implementation of this Act. Takes effect 7/30/2075. (SD1)
SB-2836: Relating To Juvenile Justice.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karl Rhoads
Referred To Lat, Jha, Fin, Referral Sheet 24 on 03/10/2022
Relating To Juvenile Justice. [HB-1733]
Requires the Judiciary to create a separate employment classification for juvenile probation officers. Establishes minimum procedures for the appointment of juvenile probation officers. Requires reports to the Legislature on the status of the implementation of this Act.
HB-1733: Relating To Juvenile Justice.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Nakashima
Referred To Jha/lat, Fin, Referral Sheet 2 on 01/26/2022
Correctional facilities; prohibits use of isolated confinement. [HB-1291]
Correctional facilities; use of isolated confinement. Prohibits the use of isolated confinement in state correctional facilities and juvenile correctional centers, subject to certain exceptions. Isolated confinement is defined in the bill as confinement of a prisoner or juvenile to a cell, alone or with another prisoner or juvenile, for 20 hours or more per day for an adult or for 17 hours or more per day for a juvenile, other than for the purpose of providing medical or mental health treatment. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2023.
HB-1291: Correctional facilities; prohibits use of isolated confinement.
Sponsored by: Rep. C.E. Hayes
Left In Public Safety on 02/15/2022
Secretariat agency responsibilities; Department of Juvenile Justice. [HB-1197]
Secretariat agency responsibilities; Department of Juvenile Justice. Directs the Office of the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security and the Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to convene a stakeholder work group to determine the feasibility and benefits of transferring responsibility for the Department of Juvenile Justice from the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security to the Secretary of Health and Human Resources. The bill requires the work group to submit its report containing the work group's finding by
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HB-1197: Secretariat agency responsibilities; Department of Juvenile Justice.
Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Hope
Vote: (48-y 52-n) on 04/28/2022
Delinquency Prevention and Youth Development Act; youth services citizen boards, duties, guidelines. [SB-485]
Delinquency Prevention and Youth Development Act; youth services citizen boards; duties; guidelines. Directs the Board of Juvenile Justice to establish and make available to localities a list of best practice program models that are likely to qualify for grants under the Delinquency Prevention and Youth Development Act. The bill requires youth services citizen boards to include representatives of law enforcement and the faith and business communities and allows local governing bodies to appoint as members of the youth services citizen board members
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SB-485: Delinquency Prevention and Youth Development Act; youth services citizen boards, duties, guidelines.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer McClellan
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0522) on 04/11/2022
Correctional facilities; prohibited acts, use of canines by officers. [HB-908]
Use of canines in correctional facilities; prohibited acts. Makes it unlawful for any correctional officer, jail officer, or other employee of a state, local, or juvenile correctional facility to use a canine, except where there is an imminent threat of death or serious bodily injury to any prisoner or detained juvenile or any officer or employee of the facility, to extract a prisoner or detained juvenile from his cell or to intervene in an altercation, fight, or other incident between prisoners or detained juveniles. The bill requires that all
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HB-908: Correctional facilities; prohibited acts, use of canines by officers.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alfonso Lopez
Left In Public Safety on 02/15/2022
Juvenile justice; human trafficking screening. [HB-1115]
Juvenile justice; human trafficking screening. Requires the Department of Juvenile Justice to use trauma-informed screening measures to identify whether any child committed to the Department has been a victim of human trafficking and determine appropriate treatment and service options. The bill also requires that, in cases in which a juvenile and domestic relations district court or circuit court orders that a juvenile within its jurisdiction be physically examined and treated by a physician or local mental health center, such examination include
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HB-1115: Juvenile justice; human trafficking screening.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/15/2022
Juvenile records; identification of children receiving coordinated services. [HB-733]
Juvenile records; identification of children receiving coordinated services. Provides that, for the purpose of disclosing records, information, and statistical registries of the Department of Social Services, local departments of social services, and all child-welfare agencies concerning social services, a person having a legitimate interest in child-protective services records includes the staff of (i) a court services unit, (ii) the Department of Juvenile Justice, (iii) a local community services board, or (iv) the Department of Behavioral Health
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HB-733: Juvenile records; identification of children receiving coordinated services.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Bell
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0064) on 04/01/2022