Detention of Children
Summary
Detention of Children; Prohibiting a child awaiting trial or other legal process who is treated as an adult for purposes of criminal prosecution from being held in a jail or other facility intended or used for the detention of adults; requiring the court to consider specified factors in making a certain determination; providing a requirement and a prohibition if a court determines that it is in the interest of justice to allow a child to be held in a jail or other facility intended or used for the detention of adults, etc.
Bill status
died
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Mar 2, 2021
Last action Apr 30, 2021
Floor votes
How they voted
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
4
Key actions
0
Committee
1
Mar 2, 2021
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Jan 28, 2021
Committee
Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Appropriations
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bobby Powell
DDemocratic
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