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House advances bill updating youth-court transfer rules and adding sight-and-sound separation requirement
Summary
House Bill 332 revises which juvenile offenses may be transferred to district court, clarifies prosecutorial discretion, and adds federal-required sight-and-sound separation standards for detained youth. Sponsors called it a technical modernization; supporters and opponents debated scope and discretion.
House Bill 332, sponsored by Representative Mercer, passed its second‑reading committee vote after a floor presentation that described the measure as a technical update to existing juvenile transfer statutes.
Representative Mercer said the bill “is existing statutory authority” and explained it…
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