Juveniles; legal custody transferred to Department of Juvenile Justice. [HB-463]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Legal custody of juveniles in custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice. Clarifies that commitment of a child by a court to the Department of Juvenile Justice is a transfer of legal custody if, at the time of commitment, the child is in foster care.
HB-463: Juveniles; legal custody transferred to Department of Juvenile Justice.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Byron
Senate: Continued To 2013 In Courts Of Justice (15-y 0-n) on 02/15/2012
Confidential juvenile records; sharing with state and local correctional facilities, confidential. [HB-391]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Confidential juvenile records; sharing with state, local, and regional correctional facilities. Provides for the sharing of juvenile records with state and local correctional facilities when such facility has custody of or is providing supervision for a person convicted as an adult who is the subject of such records.
HB-391: Confidential juvenile records; sharing with state and local correctional facilities, confidential.
Sponsored by: Rep. C. Todd Gilbert
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0421) on 03/30/2012
DCJS; requires provide minimum training standards for juvenile correctional officers. [HB-273]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
Department of Criminal Justice Services; minimum training standards; juvenile correctional officers. Requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services and the Criminal Justice Services Board to provide compulsory minimum entry-level training standards for juvenile correctional officers.
HB-273: DCJS; requires provide minimum training standards for juvenile correctional officers.
Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Peace
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0140) on 03/07/2012
Arrest; adult charged when a juvenile may be released on bail or recognizance. [HB-1244]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Arrest, detention, admission to bail of adult charged when a juvenile. Authorizes an adult who is taken into custody pursuant to a warrant or detention order alleging a delinquent act committed when the adult was a juvenile to be released by a magistrate on bail or recognizance pursuant to Chapter 9 (§ 19.2-119 et seq.) of Title 19.2.
HB-1244: Arrest; adult charged when a juvenile may be released on bail or recognizance.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph Johnson
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0253) on 03/13/2012
Circuit court hearing; termination of juvenile court jurisdiction. [HB-1198]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
Courts not of record; circuit court hearing; termination of juvenile court jurisdiction; objections and appeals. Provides, in certain violent felony cases, for a juvenile's right to appeal to the circuit court the attorney for the Commonwealth's decision to certify that the juvenile's case be transferred to the circuit court for trial as an adult. If the juvenile appeals the decision to transfer, the circuit court will conduct a hearing on the merits, using factors currently used by the juvenile and domestic relations district court for transfer
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HB-1198: Circuit court hearing; termination of juvenile court jurisdiction.
Sponsored by: Rep. Charniele Herring
House: Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/14/2012
Juvenile law-enforcement records; disclosure of certain confidential records to school principal. [HB-1176]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Education ]
Confidentiality of juvenile law-enforcement records. Provides that law-enforcement records of any juvenile charged with a violent juvenile felony shall be open to the public. Currently such records are public with respect to such juvenile only when he is 14 years of age or older.
HB-1176: Juvenile law-enforcement records; disclosure of certain confidential records to school principal.
Sponsored by: Rep. Algie Howell
House: Stricken From Docket By Courts Of Justice By Voice Vote on 02/03/2012
Va. Fire Services Board and State Board of Juvenile Justice; powers & duties. [HB-1104]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Children and Youth ]
Secretary of Public Safety; Virginia Fire Services Board; State Board of Juvenile Justice; powers and duties. Consolidates, eliminates, or alters various powers and duties of the Virginia Fire Services Board and the State Board of Juvenile Justice regarding regulations, reporting, oversight, and the policy-making functions of the boards. The bill abolishes the Interagency Drug Offender Screening and Assessment Committee. The bill contains technical amendments.
HB-1104: Va. Fire Services Board and State Board of Juvenile Justice; powers & duties.
Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas Greason
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0456) on 03/30/2012
SB-127: Provides for the confidentiality of juvenile records. (8/1/12)
Sponsored by: Sen. Daniel Martiny
Introduced In The Senate; Read By Title. Rules Suspended. Read Second Time And Referred To The Committee On Judiciary B. on 03/12/2012
Juvenile work programs; adds additional members to committee reviewing those employing offenders. [SB-954]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Juvenile work programs. Adds additional members to the committee that reviews agreements with a public or private entity for the operation of a work program for juveniles committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice. In addition, the bill requires the committee to develop and submit to the Department a plan for the establishment of a network of businesses willing to employ juveniles released from the Department's commitment. The provisions of this act shall become effective on July 1, 2012.
SB-954: Juvenile work programs; adds additional members to committee reviewing those employing offenders.
Sponsored by: Sen. Yvonne Miller
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0551) on 03/25/2011
Juvenile; may be detained in secure facility for violation if fail to adhere to conditions of court. [SB-1168]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Detention of juvenile for violation of conditions of release. Provides that a juvenile taken into custody whose case is considered by a judge, intake officer or magistrate, who, following his release upon a Class 1 misdemeanor charge or a felony charge "under such conditions as may be imposed" by the judge, intake officer or magistrate and who then fails to adhere to the conditions of the court, intake officer or magistrate while on conditional release may be detained in a secure facility, pursuant to a detention order or warrant, upon a finding
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SB-1168: Juvenile; may be detained in secure facility for violation if fail to adhere to conditions of court.
Sponsored by: Sen. Dave Marsden
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0644) on 03/26/2011
Juvenile Justice, Department of; confidentiality of records. [SB-1166]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Juvenile records; confidentiality. Clarifies that the Department of Juvenile Justice may share confidential juvenile records with persons, agencies, and institutions having a legitimate interest regardless of the state in which they are located. The bill also allows the Department to share confidential juvenile records with a requesting party who has custody or is providing supervision for a juvenile and the release of the confidential information is in the interest of maintaining security in a secure facility in a state other than Virginia provided
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SB-1166: Juvenile Justice, Department of; confidentiality of records.
Sponsored by: Sen. Roscoe Reynolds
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0169) on 03/15/2011
Juvenile correctional centers; appointment of counsel to assist confined individuals. [HB-483]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Juvenile correctional centers; appointment of counsel. Provides for the appointment of an attorney to assist individuals confined in a juvenile correctional center regarding any legal matter relating to their incarceration.
HB-483: Juvenile correctional centers; appointment of counsel to assist confined individuals.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mamye BaCote
House: Left In Courts Of Justice on 12/02/2010
Juvenile information dissemination; info. disseminated to State Police or U.S. Attorney General. [HB-2445]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Children and Youth ]
CCRE juvenile information dissemination. Provides that, for purposes of a determination as provided in §§18.2-308.2 and 18.2-308.2:2 (records checks for possession and purchase, respectively) of eligibility to possess or purchase a firearm, juvenile record information maintained in the Central Criminal Records Exchange pursuant to the provisions of §16.1-299 (fingerprints and photographs of juveniles) shall be disseminated only to the State Police or the Attorney General of the United States. Currently, there are no named recipients.
HB-2445: Juvenile information dissemination; info. disseminated to State Police or U.S. Attorney General.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Cosgrove
House: Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/08/2011
Criminal Justice Services, Department of; develop plan for prevention of juvenile delinquency. [HB-2214]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
Department of Criminal Justice Services; plan for prevention of juvenile delinquency. Directs the Department of Criminal Justice Services to develop a comprehensive, statewide, long-range plan for the prevention of juvenile delinquency in the Commonwealth.
HB-2214: Criminal Justice Services, Department of; develop plan for prevention of juvenile delinquency.
Sponsored by: Rep. Delores McQuinn
House: Left In Militia, Police And Public Safety on 02/08/2011
Juvenile Justice, Department of; confidentiality of records. [HB-1783]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Juvenile records; confidentiality. Clarifies that the Department of Juvenile Justice may share confidential juvenile records with persons, agencies, and institutions having a legitimate interest regardless of the state in which they are located. The bill also allows the Department to share confidential juvenile records with a requesting party who has custody or is providing supervision for a juvenile and the release of the confidential information is in the interest of maintaining security in a secure facility in a state other than Virginia provided
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HB-1783: Juvenile Justice, Department of; confidentiality of records.
Sponsored by: Rep. C. Todd Gilbert
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0099) on 03/15/2011
SB-55: Provides for prosecution of nonviolent offenses by persons age 17 or under by juvenile court unless judicial waiver is granted to be tried as an adult. (8/15/10)
Sponsored by: Sen. Jean-Paul Morrell
Introduced In The Senate; Read By Title. Rules Suspended. Read Second Time And Referred To The Committee On Judiciary B. on 03/29/2010
You have voted SB-55: Provides for prosecution of nonviolent offenses by persons age 17 or under by juvenile court unless judicial waiver is granted to be tried as an adult. (8/15/10).