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Committee votes to bar fines and fees for juvenile offenders in HB 2179
Summary
House Bill 2179 prohibits assessing fines, fees or costs against juveniles or their parents and wipes outstanding fines and fees on the bill's effective date; restitution is not affected. The committee passed the bill favorably.
At a meeting of the Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice, members voted to pass House Bill 2179, which prohibits courts from assessing fines, fees or costs against juveniles or their parents and provides that outstanding fines and fees existing on the bill's effective date would be waived; restitution is not included.
Jason, the committee reviser, summarized the bill: “no fines, fees, or costs shall be assessed against the juvenile or their parents. Outstanding fines and fees that exist on the date of the act being effective would be wiped clean as well. Restitution is not included.” Committee materials show the bill previously passed the committee in an earlier session.
A committee member moved the bill and Representative Schweitzberger seconded the motion. Members indicated prior support; one member said, “I voted for it before.” The committee closed debate and passed HB 2179 favorably with recorded yes votes that included Representatives Moseley, Schlingensiepen, Carmichael, Martinez, Schwarzenegger and Smith.
The measure will advance to the next stage of the legislative process.
