SB23
Juveniles; adjudication of delinquency.
Status:
Vetoed
Latest Action:
April 17, 2024
Senate: Requires 2/3 members present
Chief Patron:
Mamie Locke (D)
Session:
2024 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed Both Chambers. Juveniles; adjudication of delinquency.
Specifies that a delinquent child is a child 11 years of age or older who has committed a delinquent act. Currently, there is no minimum age for a child to be adjudicated delinquent. The bill provides that if a juvenile younger than 11 years of age is found to have ... (More) committed a delinquent act, the juvenile shall not be proceeded upon as delinquent; however, the court may make any orders of disposition authorized for a child in need of services or a child in need of supervision. The bill includes in the definition of "child in need of services" a child younger than 11 years of age who has committed a delinquent act.Finally, the bill includes in the offense of causing or encouraging acts rendering children delinquent, abused, etc., any person 18 years of age or older, including the parent of any child, who willfully contributes to, encourages, or causes any act, omission, or condition that causes a child younger than 11 years of age to commit a delinquent act. Under current law, any person who commits such offense is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. This bill is identical to HB 1420. (Less)
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Bill History
- 12/10/2023 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103423D
- 12/10/2023 - Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/10/2024 - Senate: Moved from Judiciary to Courts of Justice due to a change of the committee name
- 01/15/2024 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB23)
- 02/07/2024 - Senate: Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 02/07/2024 - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (8-Y 4-N 3-A)
- 02/08/2024 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/2024 - Senate: Read second time
- 02/09/2024 - Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/09/2024 - Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/09/2024 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB23E
- 02/09/2024 - Senate: Printed as engrossed 24103423D-E
- 02/12/2024 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/12/2024 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB23E)
- 02/15/2024 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/15/2024 - House: Read first time
- 02/15/2024 - House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/16/2024 - House: Committee substitute printed 24107802D-H1
- 02/16/2024 - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (11-Y 10-N)
- 02/19/2024 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB23H1)
- 02/20/2024 - House: Read second time
- 02/21/2024 - House: Read third time
- 02/21/2024 - House: Committee substitute agreed to 24107802D-H1
- 02/21/2024 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB23H1
- 02/21/2024 - House: Passed House with substitute (51-Y 49-N)
- 02/21/2024 - House: VOTE: Passage (51-Y 49-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/23/2024 - Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/23/2024 - Senate: Title replaced 24107802D-H1
- 02/28/2024 - Senate: Enrolled
- 02/28/2024 - Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB23ER)
- 02/28/2024 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB23ER)
- 02/28/2024 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/02/2024 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/2024 - Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
- 03/11/2024 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
- 03/20/2024 - Governor: Vetoed by Governor
- 04/17/2024 - Senate: Passed in enrolled form rejected (21-Y 19-N) Close Floor Vote
- 04/17/2024 - Senate: Requires 2/3 members present
