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IN HB1343
Bill
Status
1/13/2015
Primary Sponsor
Karlee Macer
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AI Summary
HB 1343 Summary
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Defines "restorative justice" for juvenile law as a community-based effort focused on delinquent children who have committed acts that would be crimes if committed by adults, requiring acknowledgment of wrongdoing and reparations to victims and community when appropriate.
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Authorizes juvenile courts to require participation in restorative justice programs as part of informal adjustment programs or dispositional decrees for delinquent children.
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Adds restorative justice as a sentencing option for juvenile courts, allowing judges to order children to participate in restorative justice programs alongside or instead of other sanctions.
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Allows family group conferences involving victims, the child's family, coworkers, and teachers to participate in restorative justice programs as part of the dispositional process.
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Permits juvenile courts to grant restorative justice program participants access to juvenile court records on the child and child's family.
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Effective July 1, 2015.
Legislative Description
Restorative justice. Specifies that a juvenile court may require, as part of: (1) a program of informal adjustment; or (2) a dispositional decree; that a delinquent child who has committed an act that would be a crime if committed by an adult participate in a restorative justice program.
Last Action
First Reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
1/13/2015