Juvenile offenders; youth justice diversion programs, report. (HB2017)

Introduced By

Del. Mike Mullin (D-Newport News) with support from co-patrons Del. Carrie Coyner (R-Chesterfield), Del. Mark Levine (D-Alexandria), Del. Cia Price (D-Newport News), Del. Marcus Simon (D-Falls Church), and Del. Shelly Simonds (D-Newport News)

Progress

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

Description

Juvenile offenders; youth justice diversion programs. Authorizes any jurisdiction to establish a youth justice diversion program, defined in the bill as a diversionary program that (i) is monitored by a local youth justice diversion program advisory committee; (ii) uses juvenile volunteers as lawyers, jurors, and other court personnel; (iii) uses volunteer attorneys as judges; (iv) conducts peer trials, subject to the juvenile and domestic relations court's jurisdiction, of juveniles who are referred to the program by an intake officer; and (v) imposes various sentences emphasizing restitution, rehabilitation, accountability, competency building, and education, but not incarceration. The bill provides that a jurisdiction may establish a youth justice diversion program upon establishment of a local youth justice diversion program advisory committee and approval of the program by the chief judge of the juvenile and domestic relations court that serves such jurisdiction. The bill requires each local youth justice diversion program advisory committee to establish criteria for the eligibility and participation of juveniles alleged to have committed a delinquent act other than an act that would be a felony or a Class 1 misdemeanor if committed by an adult, with the consent of the juvenile's parent or legal guardian, and to establish policies and procedures for the operation of such program. The bill provides that whenever an intake officer takes informal action on a complaint alleging that a child committed a delinquent act other than an act that would be a felony or a Class 1 misdemeanor if committed by an adult, the intake officer may refer the juvenile to a youth justice diversion program. Read the Bill »

Status

03/31/2021: signed by governor

History

Date	Action
01/12/2021	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101705D
01/12/2021	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/21/2021	Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
01/22/2021	House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
01/22/2021	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
01/27/2021	Committee substitute printed 21102998D-H1
01/27/2021	Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/28/2021	Read first time
01/29/2021	Read second time
01/29/2021	Committee substitute agreed to 21102998D-H1
01/29/2021	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2017H1
01/30/2021	Impact statement from DPB (HB2017H1)
02/01/2021	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
02/01/2021	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/02/2021	Constitutional reading dispensed
02/02/2021	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
02/05/2021	Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/16/2021	Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
02/17/2021	Reported from Judiciary with amendments (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/17/2021	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
02/22/2021	Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
02/24/2021	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
02/25/2021	Read third time
02/25/2021	Reading of amendments waived
02/25/2021	Committee amendments agreed to
02/25/2021	Engrossed by Senate as amended
02/25/2021	Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 0-N)
02/25/2021	Placed on Calendar
02/25/2021	Senate amendments agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
02/25/2021	VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N)
03/09/2021	Enrolled
03/09/2021	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2017ER)
03/09/2021	Signed by President
03/10/2021	Impact statement from DPB (HB2017ER)
03/11/2021	Signed by Speaker
03/15/2021	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021
03/15/2021	G Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
03/31/2021	G Approved by Governor-Chapter 457 (effective 7/1/21)
03/31/2021	G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0457)