House Bill 1263 Summary

• Adds "individual justice planning" as a new definition in the Juvenile Court Act, defined as a process to identify, accommodate, and develop appropriate consequences for behaviors caused by or related to an individual's mental or cognitive impairment.

• Grants the director of juvenile court authority to make referrals for a child's participation in the individual justice planning process as part of juvenile court powers.

• Renumbers existing definitions in section 27-20.2-01 of the North Dakota Century Code to accommodate the new definition, shifting definitions 15-23 to 16-24.

• Passed by the House with 82 yeas, 11 nays, and 1 absent; passed by the Senate unanimously with 47 yeas and 0 nays.