Bills › 90th General Assembly
Relating to correctional impact statements regarding minorities who are juveniles
Topics:Crime & corrections
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 8, 2024
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 12, 2024
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary When lawmakers propose new rules about crimes or punishments, they must study how those changes affect minority groups. This bill requires those studies to specifically look at how the changes affect minority juveniles as well. State agencies will update their methods to make sure they include this information about young people.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to correctional impact statements regarding minorities who are juveniles. Under current law, a correctional impact statement must include the impact of legislation which proposes a change in the law which creates a public offense, significantly changes an existing public offense or the penalty for an existing offense, or changes existing sentencing, parole, or probation procedures. The statement must include, among other factors, information concerning the impact of the legislation on minorities. The bill specifies the statement must also include information concerning the impact of the legislation on minorities who are juveniles. Under current law, the legislative services agency, in cooperation with the department of health and human services, is required to develop a protocol for analyzing the impact of the legislation on minorities. The bill specifies that the protocol for analyzing the impact of the legislation on minorities must also include the impact of the legislation on minorities who are juveniles.
House subcommittee
Named February 12, 2024. On February 14, 2024 it recommended passage. Vote Total: 3-0.
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