After a long and disjointed final day of committee hearings, the House Courts of Justice voted to report Senator Howell’s S.B. 1149, which attempts to clarify much in the juvenile code.
The bill was reported by a vote of 14 to 6.
YEAS–Albo, Kilgore, Athey, Fralin, Peace, Loupassi, Johnson, Armstrong, Barlow, Toscano, Watts, Marsden, Valentine, Herring–14.
NAYS–Griffith, Janis, Bell, Cline, Iaquinto, Gilbert–6.
If passed, then this bill would enable a judge to make available to the public the name and address of a juvenile and the nature of the offense for which a juvenile has been adjudicated delinquent (i) for an act, which would be a Class 1, 2, or 3 felony, forcible rape, robbery or burglary or similar offense if committed by an adult or (ii) in any case where a juvenile is sentenced as an adult in circuit court. It would also enable a juvenile’s name to be made available to the public in instances where the juvenile is charged with a serious criminal act. Further, it would allow for a copy of any court ordered curfew on a juvenile to be such given to the chief law enforcement officer in the area in which the juvenile resides. This bill would also authorize the release of any gang-related information to the State Police.
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