Bill Text: IA SF2172 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act establishing a task force related to extending juvenile court jurisdiction in delinquency matters and proceedings to include persons under the age of twenty-one years. (See SF 2270.)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-15 - Subcommittee, Petersen, Quirmbach, and Zaun. S.J. 229. [SF2172 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2015-SF2172-Introduced.html
Senate File 2172 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY PETERSEN A BILL FOR 1 An Act establishing a task force related to extending juvenile 2 court jurisdiction in delinquency matters and proceedings to 3 include persons under the age of twenty=one years. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 5741XS (2) 86 jh/rj PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. JUVENILE COURT JURISDICTION TASK FORCE AND 1 2 REPORT. 1 3 1. The division of criminal and juvenile justice planning 1 4 of the department of human rights shall establish a task force 1 5 related to expanding juvenile court jurisdiction in delinquency 1 6 matters and proceedings to include persons eighteen years of 1 7 age or older but under twenty=one years of age. 1 8 2. Members of the task force shall include representatives 1 9 of all of the following state agencies or associations: 1 10 a. Division of criminal and juvenile justice planning. 1 11 b. Department of human services. 1 12 c. Judicial branch. 1 13 d. Department of corrections. 1 14 e. Office of the state public defender. 1 15 f. Department of public safety. 1 16 g. Department of justice. 1 17 h. Department of education. 1 18 i. Iowa county attorneys association. 1 19 j. Other representatives or persons as the division of 1 20 criminal and juvenile justice planning deems appropriate. 1 21 3. The task force may consult with other public and private 1 22 agencies and may seek expertise from one or more national 1 23 organizations. 1 24 4. The task force shall consider the status of the current 1 25 law related to juvenile court jurisdiction in delinquency 1 26 matters and proceedings and identify opportunities and problems 1 27 which might arise from the expansion of such juvenile court 1 28 jurisdiction to include persons who have reached the age 1 29 of majority. The issues the task force shall consider and 1 30 regarding which the task force shall make recommendations 1 31 include all of the following: 1 32 a. The legal rights and responsibilities of the parent 1 33 of a person who is eighteen years of age or older but under 1 34 twenty=one years of age and subject to the jurisdiction of the 1 35 juvenile court in a delinquency matter or proceeding. 2 1 b. The age of a person at which juvenile court services 2 2 should cease. 2 3 c. The age at which a person may be under the supervision of 2 4 the district court as a youthful offender. 2 5 d. Whether a person who is eighteen years of age or older 2 6 but under twenty=one years of age should be placed in shelter 2 7 care or detention care. 2 8 e. Whether a person who is eighteen years of age or older 2 9 but under twenty=one years of age should be eligible to be 2 10 committed to the state training school. 2 11 f. Any other issues the task force determines to be 2 12 appropriate. 2 13 5. The task force shall, by December 15, 2016, submit 2 14 a report on its findings, including recommendations for 2 15 legislation, to the governor and general assembly. 2 16 6. The division of criminal and juvenile justice planning 2 17 shall provide staff assistance and administrative support to 2 18 the task force. 2 19 EXPLANATION 2 20 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 2 21 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 2 22 This bill requires the division of criminal and juvenile 2 23 justice planning of the department of human rights to establish 2 24 a task force related to extending juvenile court jurisdiction 2 25 in delinquency matters and proceedings to include persons 18 2 26 years of age or older but under the age of 21 years. 2 27 The bill provides that members of the task force shall 2 28 include representatives of the division of criminal and 2 29 juvenile justice planning, the department of human services, 2 30 the judicial branch, the department of corrections, the office 2 31 of the state public defender, the department of public safety, 2 32 the department of justice, the department of education, the 2 33 Iowa county attorneys association, and other persons as the 2 34 division of criminal and juvenile justice planning deems 2 35 appropriate. The task force may consult with other public 3 1 and private agencies and may seek expertise from one or 3 2 more national organizations. The bill requires the division 3 3 of criminal and juvenile justice planning to provide staff 3 4 assistance and administrative support to the task force. 3 5 The bill provides that the task force shall consider 3 6 the status of the current law related to juvenile court 3 7 jurisdiction in delinquency matters and proceedings and 3 8 identify concerns or problems which would arise from the 3 9 expansion of such juvenile court jurisdiction to include 3 10 persons who have reached the age of majority. The bill 3 11 requires the task force to consider the legal rights and 3 12 responsibilities of the parent of a person who is 18 years 3 13 of age or older but under 21 years of age and is under the 3 14 jurisdiction of the juvenile court in a delinquency matter 3 15 or proceeding, the age of a person at which juvenile court 3 16 services should cease and at which a person may be under the 3 17 supervision of the district court as a youthful offender, 3 18 whether a person who is 18 years of age or older but under 21 3 19 years of age should be placed in shelter care or detention care 3 20 or should be eligible to be committed to the state training 3 21 school, and any other issues the task force determines to be 3 22 appropriate. 3 23 The bill requires the task force to submit a report on its 3 24 findings, including recommendations for legislation, to the 3 25 governor and general assembly by December 15, 2016. LSB 5741XS (2) 86 jh/rj
