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Sponsors pitch juvenile justice bill to raise minimum commitment age, narrow facility placements
Summary
Senate Bill 270 would implement recommendations from the governor’s juvenile justice working group, including raising the minimum age for commitment to the Department of Youth Services from 10 to 14, permitting judicial discretion on youth sentences involving gun specifications, and blocking first-time nonviolent fourth- and fifth-degree felons to
Senate Bill 270, presented to the committee as a first hearing, seeks to implement several recommendations from the governor’s juvenile justice working group and drew sponsor testimony from Chair Manning and a joint sponsor.
Senators described the working group that produced the recommendations as bipartisan and composed of judges, law-enforcement leaders, policy experts and service providers. The bill’s sponsors said those recommendations followed an…
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