SB 459 Arkansas Senate · 2025 Regular Session

TO AMEND THE MINIMUM AGE NECESSARY TO ADJUDICATE A JUVENILE DELINQUENT.

SB 459 is a legislative bill titled "TO AMEND THE MINIMUM AGE NECESSARY TO ADJUDICATE A JUVENILE DELINQUENT." This bill proposes to change the lowest age at which a young person can be legally declared a juvenile delinquent. The aim is to modify the existing minimum age requirement within the juvenile justice system. The provided text, however, does not specify the current age or the new age proposed by the bill.

Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Mar 2025

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Mar 13, 2025 Last action May 5, 2025

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

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Committee

Amendments

Apr 14, 2025

Introduced

Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.

lower

Apr 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1

lower

Mar 31, 2025

Upper · Passed

Read the third time and passed.

upper

Mar 19, 2025

Upper · Passed

Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1

upper

Mar 13, 2025

Introduced

Filed

upper

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors