MN HF3061

Requires use of objective risk assessment instruments for juvenile detention decisions, with counties providing noncustodial community-based supervision alternatives for lower-risk youth by January 1, 2015.

Authorizes law enforcement diversion programs for nonviolent juvenile offenses, allowing charges to be dismissed upon successful completion of agreed conditions.

Extends continuance periods in juvenile delinquency cases from 90 to 180 days and modifies expungement standards to consider benefits to the youth in education, employment, and housing against public safety concerns.

Eliminates mandatory minimum sentences for juveniles certified as adults or designated as extended jurisdiction juveniles, while preserving other adult sentencing provisions and changing life without release sentences to life with possibility of release for offenders under 18.

Modifies predatory offender registration requirements to require certification under section 260B.125 for most juveniles, creates discretionary registration for uncertified children age 14 and older, and requires business screening services to delete sealed or expunged records.