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Committee advances juvenile fitness‑to‑proceed bill to appropriations after failing to restore CHINS language
Summary
Senate Bill 2036, which revises juvenile fitness‑to‑proceed (competency) procedures and sets time frames for evaluations and remediation, was sent to Appropriations by the House Judiciary Committee 11–1; a motion to restore a provision that would have allowed certain incompetent juveniles to be handled via CHINS failed on a 6–6 tie.
The House Judiciary Committee voted to recommend that Senate Bill 2036 be reported to Appropriations by a vote of 11–1. The bill updates juvenile fitness‑to‑proceed (competency) procedures, tightens time frames for evaluations and reports, and creates a remediation pathway intended to restore juveniles to competency so cases can proceed.
Travis Fink, who the committee identified as a presenter from the Commission on Juvenile Justice work group, said SB 2036 responds to concerns that juveniles may not have attained competency in the same way adults do, particularly because juveniles as young as 10 can be adjudicated…
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