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Bill to improve youth diversion data and allow successful diversions to be sealed advances in Human Services hearing
Summary
HB 1391 would remove successful diversions from juvenile criminal history, authorize restorative justice in diversion agreements, extend diversion eligibility to age 21 for offenses committed before 18, and fund an AOC researcher to standardize data collection and reporting.
Representative Julio Cortez and committee staff told the Senate Human Services Committee that HB 1391 would strengthen diversion options for youth and create standardized statewide data to evaluate those programs.
Committee staff outlined key provisions: completed diversion agreements would no longer be part of a youth’s criminal history; restorative justice could be included in diversion agreements; the bill would extend the opportunity to complete diversions to age 21 for offenses committed before age 18; the…
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