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KY SB20

KY SB20
AN ACT relating to juvenile justice.

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Introduced
02/10/2017
In Committee
02/23/2017
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
03/30/2017

Introduced Session

2017 Regular Session

Bill Summary

Create new sections of KRS Chapters 15A, 27A, and 194A to require reporting of statistics, including age, race, and gender, to determine whether there is disproportionate minority contact with the juvenile justice, social welfare, and educational discipline systems and create training requirements; create new sections of KRS Chapters 15A and 158, to require the development and reporting of plans to ameliorate disproportionate minority contact with juvenile justice and education systems; amend KRS 156.095 to require professional development for education professionals on juvenile justice topics; create a new section of KRS Chapter 31 to allow the Division of Protection and Advocacy to investigate the use of restraint and seclusion in schools and require confidentiality; amend KRS 15.334 to require training on juvenile justice topics; create new sections of KRS Chapter 610 to create a minimum age of criminal responsibility of 12 years of age; amend KRS 503.010 to define "physical restraint"; amend KRS 503.110 to limit the permissible use of physical restraint by teachers or school personnel; amend KRS 635.020 to limit the youthful offender process to cases involving offenses against persons; amend KRS 158.135 to define "state agency children"; amend KRS 15A.220 to require facilities under contract to DJJ to report data; add data reporting from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; amend KRS 635.060 to allow a child who has committed an offense that would be a Class D felony if committed by an adult to be retained on probation for 18 months if the court-ordered substance abuse or mental health program is longer than 12 months and to limit the exclusion of children from the time limits placed on certain dispositions; amend KRS 610.105 to expand a court's options for diversion of a child's adjudicated case; amend KRS 600.020 to define "restorative justice practices"; amend KRS 630.070 to limit detention for a child violating a court order to 30 days; amend various sections to conform; amend KRS 15A.305, 610.030, 610.190, 610.200, 610.220, 635.010, and 630.030 to make technical corrections; repeal KRS 610.012.

AI Summary

This bill: Requires the Department of Juvenile Justice, the Administrative Office of the Courts, the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, and the Kentucky Department of Education to collect and report data on children involved in the juvenile justice, social welfare, and education systems, broken down by age, race, gender, disability status, and whether the child's father is part of the household. It requires these agencies to develop and implement plans to address disproportionate minority contact with these systems. The bill also creates a new Criminal Justice Statistical Analysis Center to collect and analyze this data. The bill makes various other changes to juvenile justice and education laws, including requiring training for professionals on juvenile justice topics, limiting the use of physical restraint in schools, raising the minimum age of criminal responsibility to 12 years old, and modifying the youthful offender process and court procedures. Overall, the bill aims to address disproportionate minority contact and improve outcomes for youth involved in the juvenile justice, social welfare, and education systems.

Committee Categories

Justice

Sponsors (1)

Last Action

recommitted to Judiciary (S) (on 03/15/2017)

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