HEA 1228 Summary

• Requires the Criminal Justice Institute to monitor and evaluate criminal code reform enacted by P.L.158-2013 and HEA 1006-2014, with annual reports due to the governor, chief justice, and legislative council by December 1 of each year.

• Mandates tracking of juveniles under adult court jurisdiction due to lack of juvenile court jurisdiction or waiver of jurisdiction, including data broken down by age, sex, race, county of prosecution, offenses charged, convictions received, and sentences received.

• Requires tracking of sentence modification requests, including whether courts granted or denied relief and whether prosecuting attorneys opposed, agreed to, or took no position on requests.

• Directs the institute to publish data on juveniles in adult court annually by October 30 and post reports on its website, with copies provided to the Commission on Improving the Status of Children in Indiana.

• Makes local units of government and state agencies responsible for providing requested data to the institute in a timely manner, with emphasis on recommendations for sentencing policy reform.