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Commission tables review of sweeping juvenile-sentencing and capacity bill amid legal and implementation concerns
Summary
The Sensing Guideline Commission tabled consideration of bill 2389, a comprehensive juvenile-sentencing and facility-capacity package, after members raised legal, procedural and resource concerns and asked for more time to review the complex proposal.
The Sensing Guideline Commission elected on Jan. 16 to table further action on bill 2389 — a multi-part juvenile-sentencing and institutional-capacity package — after an extended discussion of appeal rights, judicial authority and capacity triggers.
Commission staff described three parts of the bill: a new presumption favoring disposition alternatives (suspended dispositions and community-supervision options) unless the court makes an independent finding by a preponderance of the evidence that confinement is necessary; new definitions of juvenile facility (JR) capacity and statutory…
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