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Committee approves bill letting some teens receive regular traffic citations instead of automatic juvenile court referrals
Summary
House Bill 10 would let 14- and 15-year-olds cited for regular traffic offenses receive a normal citation rather than an automatic juvenile-court referral; DUI/BUI cases would still be handled in juvenile court, sponsor said.
Speaker 4 summarized House Bill 10 (sponsored by Representative Pettis) as an effort to treat 14- and 15-year-olds cited for ordinary traffic offenses the same as older drivers: they would receive a regular citation and not be automatically routed into juvenile court; they could later petition juvenile court if appropriate.
Representative Morris asked whether the change would apply to cases involving operating under the influence; Speaker 4 clarified explicitly that DUI/BUI would remain within juvenile court and the bill applies only to regular traffic offenses. "Not on not not under DUI or BUI. It still goes juvenile court," Speaker 4 said.
The committee moved and seconded a motion for a favorable report and approved the bill by voice vote; no roll-call tally was recorded in the transcript.
