IN HB1211 | 2021 | Regular Session

Indiana House Bill 1211 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 14 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-01-14 - First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
Pending: House Courts and Criminal Code Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Detention of juveniles charged as adults. Requires the department of correction to adopt jail standards that prohibit a jail from housing a child less than 18 years of age in the same cell as an adult, even if the child is charged as an adult or has been convicted of an offense as an adult. Specifies that a county jail may transfer a child if necessary to comply with the prohibition against housing a child in the same cell as an adult.

Title

Detention of juveniles charged as adults.

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-14	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
2021-01-14	House	Authored by Representative Boy

Indiana State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1211/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/4/d/9/c4d903d8/HB1211.01.INTR.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/5/0/d/450d4f33/HB1211.01.INTR.FN001.pdf