HB1137 - Juvenile Court Procedures Summary

• Replaces terminology throughout juvenile code, changing "deprivation" to "child in need of protection" and updating related definitions for consistency

• Creates new delinquency referral procedures requiring law enforcement to submit referrals to juvenile court within 24 hours of taking a child into custody and requiring school interventions before referring certain school-based offenses

• Modifies detention practices by mandating use of detention screening tools, prohibiting detention for specific non-safety reasons, and requiring mental health and trauma screenings for detained children

• Expands juvenile court jurisdiction to include Indian children cases and strengthens qualified expert witness requirements for Indian child welfare proceedings

• Authorizes juvenile detention center staff and juvenile intake assessment center staff to assist in performing and scoring detention screening tools