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HB 7: Juvenile Defendants/Indigent Child

GENERAL BILL by Simmons ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Sachs ; Heller

Juvenile Defendants/Indigent Child; requires that public defender represent indigent child taken into custody under specified delinquency provisions; requires that child be represented at specified point in delinquency court proceedings unless right to counsel is waived after receiving advice of counsel; provides that counsel be permitted to advise child after specified point in delinquency court proceedings, etc. Amends 27.51, 985.033.

Effective Date: 07/01/2007
Last Action: 5/4/2007 House - Died in Committee on Juvenile Justice (SS)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
11/29/2006 House • Filed
1/2/2007 House • Referred to Safety & Security Council; Policy & Budget Council
2/15/2007 House • Referred to Juvenile Justice (SS) by Safety & Security Council
3/6/2007 House • Introduced, referred to Safety & Security Council; Policy & Budget Council -HJ 00011; Referred to Juvenile Justice (SS) by Safety & Security Council -HJ 00115
5/4/2007 House • Died in Committee on Juvenile Justice (SS)