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House Human Services Committee finds amendment to H.2 unfavorable; debate centers on adding 19‑year‑olds to family division
Summary
A House Human Services Committee rejected an amendment to H.2 that would have delayed the bill's next step to move 19-year-olds into the family division, with committee members citing Department of Children and Families capacity concerns and calls for more time to prepare.
The House Human Services Committee voted to find an amendment to H.2 unfavorable after a brief debate, rejecting a proposal that would have delayed moving 19-year-olds into the family division of the courts.
Representative Bridal McGuire, appearing for the committee, described the amendment as a narrow change that would strike sections 5 through 11 of H.2 and insert a new section preserving the current treatment of 18-year-olds while leaving 19-year-olds in the criminal division. "Pure and simply, this is not a repeal to raise the age," McGuire said, arguing the amendment would sunset the delayed second step of the original raise-the-age legislation rather than roll back protections already extended to 18-year-olds.
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