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Committee advances juvenile competency bill, adopts remediation framework and delays effective date
Summary
Lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced legislation to create a juvenile-specific fitness-to-proceed and remediation process, added confidentiality and timetables, and adopted a delayed effective date at the Department of Health and Human Services' request to allow workforce and program development.
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday advanced legislation intended to create a juvenile-specific framework for determining fitness to proceed and for remediating juveniles who lack competency to participate in delinquency proceedings.
Senate Bill 2036 would move competency and remediation provisions into the juvenile code, set short statutory timetables for evaluations and hearings, allow courts to take judicial notice of prior fitness findings, and authorize dismissal or alternative juvenile-focused pathways (including CHIPS referrals) when remediation is unavailable or inappropriate.
Senator Claire Cory, who introduced the bill, said the measure came out of the interim juvenile justice committee and is designed to codify due-process protections and…
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