Juveniles; confinement for violation of court order. (HB1437)

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Progress

✓	Introduced
✓	Passed Committee
✓	Passed House
☐	Passed Senate
☐	Signed by Governor
☐	Became Law

Description

Juvenile confinement for violation of court order. Reduces from 10 days to seven days the maximum allowable period of confinement of a juvenile in a secure facility for a contempt violation or when a child in need of supervision is found to have willfully and materially violated an order of the court. The bill also provides that any order of disposition of such violation confining the juvenile in a secure facility for juveniles shall (i) identify the valid court order that has been violated; (ii) specify the factual basis for determining that there is reasonable cause to believe that the juvenile has violated such order; (iii) state the findings of fact that support a determination that there is no appropriate less restrictive alternative available to placing the juvenile in such a facility, with due consideration to the best interest of the juvenile; (iv) specify the length of time of such confinement, not to exceed seven days; and (v) include a plan for the juvenile's release from such facility. Read the Bill »

Status

02/03/2020: In Committee

History

Date	Action
01/08/2020	Committee
01/08/2020	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20105120D
01/08/2020	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/17/2020	Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
01/21/2020	Impact statement from DPB (HB1437)
01/22/2020	Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
01/27/2020	Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/29/2020	Read first time
01/30/2020	Read second time and engrossed
01/31/2020	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
01/31/2020	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/03/2020	Constitutional reading dispensed
02/03/2020	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary

Duplicate Bills

The following bills are identical to this one: HB1693.