Bill Summary

• Establishes "Emily's Law" and lowers the minimum age for extended jurisdiction juvenile prosecution from 14 to 13 years old for violent juvenile offenses, effective August 1, 2013.

• Defines "violent juvenile offense" to include murder (first, second, third degree), manslaughter (first, second degree), criminal sexual conduct (first through fourth degree with force/injury/weapons), and malicious punishment of a child.

• Allows prosecutors to request extended jurisdiction juvenile prosecution for 13-year-olds accused of violent offenses after a court hearing determines it serves public safety, with court-imposed juvenile dispositions and stayed adult criminal sentences.

• Prohibits committing 13-year-olds convicted as extended jurisdiction juveniles to adult state correctional facilities; requires records showing exhaustion of local/regional placements before commitments to Minnesota Correctional Facility-Red Wing.

• Lowers the age of criminal incapability from 14 to 13 years and allows 13-year-olds to be designated as extended jurisdiction juveniles for violent offenses under chapter 260B.