Connecticut Senate Bill 417 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5)
Status: Introduced on March 12 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-04-24 - Referred by Senate to Committee on Appropriations
Pending: Joint Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

To: (1) Establish a process for determining competency of a child or youth in a juvenile matter; (2) clarify the procedure for genetic testing reporting of paternity adjudications in certain juvenile matters; (3) clarify the primary role of counsel for a child who is unable to communicate with counsel and is the subject of a neglect or abuse petition; (4) eliminate certain placements for children convicted as delinquent; (5) establish permanent legal guardianships and permanent guardianships intended to endure until the child attains the age of majority; (6) eliminate automatic transfers from the juvenile docket to the regular criminal docket for class B felony cases, and require the juvenile court to make certain enumerated findings prior to transferring a case where a child is charged with a class B, C or D felony or unclassified felony to the regular criminal docket; and (7) revise other procedures in juvenile matters.

An Act Concerning Juvenile Matters And Permanent Guardianships.

Rep. Charles Clemons [D]	House Judiciary Committee	Sen. Douglas McCrory [D]	Sen. Patricia Miller [D]
Rep. Robert Sanchez [D]	Sen. Gary Winfield [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-04-24		Referred by Senate to Committee on Appropriations
2012-04-16		File Number 455
2012-04-16		Senate Calendar Number 316
2012-04-16		Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
2012-04-16		Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
2012-04-09		Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/16/12 10:00 AM
2012-03-28		Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office
2012-03-28		Joint Favorable Substitute
2012-03-19		Public Hearing 03/23
2012-03-12		Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=SB00417&which_year=2012
Text	http://www.cga.ct.gov/2012/TOB/S/2012SB-00417-R00-SB.htm
Text	http://www.cga.ct.gov/2012/TOB/S/2012SB-00417-R01-SB.htm