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SB 850: Prosecuting Children as Adults

GENERAL BILL by Powell

Prosecuting Children as Adults; Deleting provisions under which a state attorney either must request a court to transfer and certify children of certain ages who commit specified crimes for prosecution as adults or must provide written reasons to the court for not making such a request, or proceed under certain provisions; revising the circumstances under which a state attorney may file an information in cases that involve children of certain ages who commit certain crimes, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2019
 Last Action: 5/3/2019 Senate - Died in Criminal Justice, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7125 (Ch. 2019-167)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Criminal Justice (CJ)
  2. Judiciary (JU)
  3. Appropriations (AP)


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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/7/2019 Senate • Filed
2/19/2019 Senate • Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Appropriations -SJ 95
3/5/2019 Senate • Introduced -SJ 95
5/3/2019 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
• Died in Criminal Justice, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7125 (Ch. 2019-167)