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Committee advances juvenile‑justice changes; one measure pulled for more work
Summary
The Judiciary Committee advanced multiple juvenile‑justice bills that would streamline parole discharges, clarify minimum adjudication age and tighten juvenile‑record sealing procedures. Sponsors and juvenile judges said many changes codify current practice; one related bill was pulled for further stakeholder work.
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved several measures that modify juvenile procedure and records handling, moving a package of bills that sponsors and judges said largely codify current practice.
Senate Bill 457, sponsor said, would streamline the parole‑discharge process for people freed under a 2017 law that abolished juvenile life without parole and a 2019 law that established a strict pathway for parole discharge. "We worked with prosecutors, and they are fine with this bill to sort of streamline the process," sponsor Senator Greg Lehi told the committee, and he yielded to Emily Virgen of Human Rights for Kids…
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