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House Judiciary amends juvenile 'collateral consequences' bill; committee votes 8–5 to send bill to appropriations
Summary
The House Judiciary Committee approved Senate Bill 2037 as amended and forwarded it to appropriations by an 8–5 vote after the panel adopted technical and policy changes covering tobacco possession for young juveniles, domestic‑violence labeling, and juvenile firearm collateral consequences.
The House Judiciary Committee approved Senate Bill 2037 as amended and recommended it to appropriations on an 8–5 vote after adopting a set of largely technical and substantively targeted amendments.
Derek Steiner, an assistant Cass County state's attorney and a member of the Commission on Juvenile Justice, outlined the amendment package to the committee. The changes included clerical cleanup to make age ranges and statutory cross‑references consistent, a new provision to allow a juvenile under age 14 who uses or possesses tobacco to be handled as a child in need of services (CHINS) without requiring a separate criminal‑statute violation, and a restoration of adult‑language phrasing in one subsection to maintain consistency with other subsections.
Steiner told the committee the new CHINS‑related subsection was added after consultation with the…
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