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IN HB1218
Bill
Status
4/20/2017
Primary Sponsor
Wendy McNamara
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AI Summary
HEA 1218 Summary
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Expands community corrections advisory boards to include representatives from child services, juvenile detention facilities, mental health services, and the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative effective July 1, 2017.
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Allows counties to apply for juvenile justice program grants directly to the division of youth services instead of requiring approval through community corrections advisory boards.
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Permits trafficked children to petition courts to vacate delinquency adjudications for offenses committed while under coercion or control of another person, if the offense did not result in bodily injury.
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Allows adults who were victims of human trafficking to vacate convictions for non-violent offenses committed while coerced or controlled by another person, enforceable through postconviction relief procedures.
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Requires expunged juvenile records to be maintained in secure databases accessible only to authorized personnel, with data limited to statistical analysis, research, and financial auditing purposes.
Legislative Description
Juvenile justice. Adds additional members to a community corrections advisory board. Allows an application for a state grant for a community corrections program for juveniles to be made to the department of correction division of youth services. Provides that a child who was: (1) the victim of human trafficking; and (2) adjudicated a delinquent child for an act performed while a victim of human trafficking and the delinquent act was a result of human trafficking; is entitled to have the adjudication expunged. Specifies that expunged electronic records must be stored in a secure data base. Permits the department of correction
Last Action
Public Law 86
4/20/2017