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Judiciary panel reviews bills on juvenile custody and aid allocations for community organizations
Summary
The judiciary committee considered bills that would require law enforcement to assume custody of juveniles at a probation officer's request and allocate 10% of community-based juvenile services aid from counties and tribes to small community organizations in low-income areas.
Bills before the judiciary committee would require law enforcement officers to assume custody of juveniles upon the call of a probation officer, according to the legislative report. The measures also include a funding provision to allocate 10% of community-based juvenile services aid funds from counties and tribes to small community-based organizations serving low-income areas.
The report summarizes the proposals at a committee hearing but does not record a committee vote or final action. Advocates and opponents are not named in the transcript excerpts provided; the proposals as described would change custody procedures and direct a portion of aid funding to smaller organizations working in low-income communities.
Next steps were limited to committee consideration in the hearing described in the report.
