SB 1498: Direct Filing of an Information
GENERAL BILL by Powell
Direct Filing of an Information; Prohibiting a jail or other facility intended or used for the detention of adults from holding a child who has been transferred to adult court for criminal prosecution before a specified hearing to determine if the child should be prosecuted as an adult, unless the child waives his or her right to such hearing; deleting references to the state attorney’s discretion to direct file a juvenile; requiring a court to advise a child and his or her parent or guardian of the child’s right to a certain due process evidentiary hearing upon a state attorney filing an information transferring a child to adult court, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Senate - Died in Criminal Justice
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Senate - Died in Criminal Justice
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
- Criminal Justice (CJ)
- Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice (ACJ)
- Appropriations (AP)
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 1/5/2022 | Senate |
• Filed |
| 1/12/2022 | Senate |
• Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations -SJ 131 |
| 1/18/2022 | Senate |
• Introduced -SJ 131 |
| 3/12/2022 | Senate |
• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration |
| 3/14/2022 | Senate |
• Died in Criminal Justice |
