Bill Text: CT HB05038 | 2011 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Bill 5038 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Concerning Child Welfare And The Juvenile Justice System And Erasure Of Juvenile Records.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-05 - Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary [HB05038 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2011-HB05038-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 5038*
*January Session, 2011*		LCO No. 5

Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Introduced by:
REP. HOLDER-WINFIELD, 94th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING CHILD WELFARE AND THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM AND ERASURE OF JUVENILE RECORDS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to: (1) Prohibit a police officer from turning a child over to a juvenile detention center upon arrest unless the officer first obtains a court order for such detention; (2) provide for automatic erasure of juvenile records related to an adjudication of delinquency or being a member of a family with service needs; and (3) require annual reports regarding disproportionate minority contact in the juvenile justice system to be submitted to the Office of Policy and Management by the Department of Children and Families, Department of Public Safety, Chief State's Attorney, Chief Public Defender, Chief Court Administrator and Police Officer Standards and Training Council.

Statement of Purpose:

To: (1) Revise detention provisions with respect to children in the juvenile justice system, (2) revise record retention and erasure requirements with respect to delinquency and family with service needs proceedings in the Superior Court, and (3) require annual reports from designated agencies regarding disproportionate minority contact in the juvenile justice system.