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Committee rejects amendment to expand juvenile registry; approves House Bill 1265 as amended
Summary
At a Saturday Judiciary Committee meeting, delegates debated an amendment to House Bill 1265 that would have expanded which juvenile offenses are reportable to schools and lengthened registry retention. The amendment failed on a voice/hand vote, but the committee approved the bill as amended by Ways and Means.
At a Saturday session of the Judiciary Committee, delegates debated an amendment to House Bill 1265 that would have widened the juvenile-offender registry, required certain offenses to be reportable to schools and required registrants to remain on a juvenile registry until age 21. The amendment, offered by Delegate Grammer, was defeated; the committee then approved the bill as amended by Ways and Means.
The amendment sought three changes: (1) expand coverage from "part of 3,307" to all of 3,307 (statutory subsection referenced in committee discussion); (2) make the full 3,307 offense a reportable offense so school systems would be notified; and (3) require that a juvenile registrant remain on the juvenile registry until they age out at 21. Delegate Grammer described…
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