CS/SB 640: Prosecuting Children as Adults
GENERAL BILL by Criminal Justice ; Powell ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Farmer
Prosecuting Children as Adults; Deleting provisions under which a state attorney must either request a court to transfer and certify children of certain ages who commit specified crimes for prosecution as adults or provide written reasons to the court for not making such a request, or must 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; providing that children 14 years of age or older, rather than children of any age, who are charged with certain offenses are subject to the jurisdiction of the court until an indictment is returned by the grand jury, etc.
Last Action: 4/30/2021 Senate - Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
- Criminal Justice (CJ)
- Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice (ACJ)
- Appropriations (AP)
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 1/14/2021 Senate • Filed
1/28/2021 Senate • Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations -SJ 82
3/2/2021 Senate • Introduced -SJ 82
3/11/2021 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/16/21, 12:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
3/16/2021 Senate • CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 271
3/18/2021 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice
• CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time -SJ 275
4/30/2021 Senate • Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice
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CS/SB 640, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 3/18/2021 at 8:41 AM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 809 Prosecuting Children as Adults Bush Similar Last Action: 4/30/2021 H Died in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee 
Citations - Statutes (8)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 985.03 Definitions. Page 11 (pdf) 985.15 Filing decisions. Page 13 (pdf) 985.26 Length of detention. Page 14 (pdf) 985.265 Detention transfer and release; education; adult jails. Page 12 (pdf) 985.556 Waiver of juvenile court jurisdiction; hearing. Page 2 (pdf) 985.557 Direct filing of an information; discretionary criteria. Page 4 (pdf) 985.56 Indictment of a juvenile. Page 7 (pdf) 985.565 Sentencing powers; procedures; alternatives for juveniles prosecuted as adults. Page 9 (pdf) -
SB 640, Original Filed Version Posted 1/14/2021 at 8:29 AM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: Criminal Justice (Pre-Meeting) 3/15/2021 (pdf)
Criminal Justice (Post-Meeting) 3/16/2021 (pdf)
Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 809 Prosecuting Children as Adults Bush Identical Last Action: 4/30/2021 H Died in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
Committee Amendments (1)
Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format 656834 - Amendment
Delete lines 134 - 245 and insert:Criminal Justice
(Powell)3/15/2021
12:16 PMReplaced by Committee Substitute
3/16/2021Web Page
PDFCommittee Votes (1)
Date Committee Result 3/16/2021 12:30 PM Criminal Justice 7 Yeas - 0 Nays Citations - Statutes (8)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 985.03 Definitions. Page 9 (pdf) 985.15 Filing decisions. Page 13 (pdf) 985.26 Length of detention. Page 14 (pdf) 985.265 Detention transfer and release; education; adult jails. Page 11 (pdf) 985.556 Waiver of juvenile court jurisdiction; hearing. Page 2 (pdf) 985.557 Direct filing of an information; discretionary criteria. Page 4 (pdf) 985.56 Indictment of a juvenile. Page 6 (pdf) 985.565 Sentencing powers; procedures; alternatives for juveniles prosecuted as adults. Page 9 (pdf)