IN HB1579 | 2021 | Regular Session

Indiana House Bill 1579 (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

Juvenile waivers. Repeals the direct filing of certain juvenile offenses in adult court. Raises the age requirement for the waiver of certain juvenile offenses. Allows a juvenile court to waive jurisdiction of certain crimes to adult court. (Current law requires a juvenile court to waive jurisdiction in certain circumstances.) Modifies the age parameters involving cases that a juvenile court may waive to adult court.

Title

Juvenile waivers.

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 Hatcher

Indiana State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1579/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/9/c/7/d9c79499/HB1579.01.INTR.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/1/3/6/41368040/HB1579.01.INTR.FN001.pdf