HB 407: Prosecuting Children As Adults
GENERAL BILL by Tant ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Morales
Prosecuting Children As Adults; Removes requirement that state attorney must either transfer & certify children of certain ages who commit specified crimes for prosecution as adults or provide written reasons; revises circumstances under which state attorney may file information in cases involving children of certain ages who commit certain crimes; provides that children 14 years of age or older, rather than children of any age, who are charged with certain offenses are subject to court jurisdiction until indictment is returned; prohibits transfer of child to adult court for criminal prosecution of indictable offense until child's competency has been restored; authorizes, rather than requires, child who is found to have committed specified crimes to be sentenced according to certain provisions & child to be sentenced as adult if child is found to have committed an offense punishable by death or life imprisonment.
Last Action: 3/14/2022 House - Died in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 10/25/2021 House • Filed
11/5/2021 House • Referred to Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
• Referred to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
• Referred to Judiciary Committee
• Now in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
1/11/2022 House • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
3/12/2022 House • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
3/14/2022 House • Died in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
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HB 407, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 10/25/2021 at 10:46 AM
Bill Text: PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills S 1492 Prosecuting Children as Adults Bracy Identical Last Action: 3/14/2022 S Died in Judiciary 
Citations - Statutes (5)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 985.03 Definitions. Page 13 (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 10 (pdf)