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2012 Regular Session

Senate Bill 417

AN ACT CONCERNING JUVENILE MATTERS AND PERMANENT GUARDIANSHIPS.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Appropriations Committee on April 24, 2012. The 2012 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To: (1) Establish a process for determining competency of a child or youth in a juvenile matter; (2) clarify the procedure for genetic testing reporting of paternity adjudications in certain juvenile matters; (3) clarify the primary role of counsel for a child who is unable to communicate with counsel and is the subject of a neglect or abuse petition; (4) eliminate certain placements for children convicted as delinquent; (5) establish permanent legal guardianships and permanent guardianships intended to endure until the child attains the age of majority; (6) eliminate automatic transfers from the juvenile docket to the regular criminal docket for class B felony cases, and require the juvenile court to make certain enumerated findings prior to transferring a case where a child is charged with a class B, C or D felony or unclassified felony to the regular criminal docket; and (7) revise other procedures in juvenile matters.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

In the House of Representatives

    5 co-sponsors

    Gary A. Holder-Winfield, Patricia Billie Miller, Robert Sanchez, Charles D. Clemons Jr., Douglas McCrory

    Its course

    March 12 to April 24, 2012, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

    Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

    Every action10 actions on 6 days

    In the SenateMar 12 to Apr 24 · stopped43 days

    Judiciary CommitteeMar 12 to Mar 2816 days

    Appropriations CommitteeApr 24 to Apr 24 · stopped0 days

    Text

    Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

    l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

    What happened

    In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

    In the Senate Mar 12 – Apr 24

    1. Mar 12Introduced and sent to Judiciary Committee
    2. Mar 19Heard in Judiciary Committee
    3. Mar 28Judiciary Committee recommended a substitute for it
    4. Apr 24Sent to Appropriations Committee
    All 10 actions, as published
    1. Mar 12REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Mar 19PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
    3. Mar 28Joint Favorable SubstituteBoth houses
    4. Mar 28FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    5. Apr 9REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
    6. Apr 16RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    7. Apr 16FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
    8. Apr 16SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate
    9. Apr 16FILE NO.Both houses
    10. Apr 24REF. BY SEN. TO COMM. ONSenate