S146 - Juvenile Reinvestment Act Summary

• Raises the age of juvenile jurisdiction from 16 to 18 years old, with 16-17 year-olds charged with Class A-E felonies automatically transferred to superior court for adult prosecution.

• Grants victims the right to request review of decisions not to file juvenile petitions and requires prosecutors to notify victims of their review actions.

• Expands law enforcement and prosecutor access to juvenile court records and establishes statewide search functions in the JWise computer system for tracking juvenile delinquency information.

• Requires local school boards to establish school-justice partnerships with law enforcement to reduce in-school arrests, suspensions, and expulsions through diversion programs and graduated discipline responses.

• Creates a Juvenile Jurisdiction Advisory Committee with 27 members to develop implementation plans and cost estimates for extending juvenile justice system jurisdiction to 16-17 year-olds, with interim reports due by January 15, 2018 and final report by January 15, 2023.