Kentucky Senate Bill 201 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 23 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-03-09 - returned to Judiciary (S)
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

Amend KRS 635.060 to allow a child who has committed an offense that would be a Class D felony if committed by an adult to be retained on probation for 18 months if the court-ordered substance abuse or mental health program is longer than 12 months; amend KRS 610.105 to expand a court's options for diversion of a child's adjudicated case; amend KRS 600.020 to define "restorative justice practices"; amend KRS 630.070 to limit detention for a child violating a court order to 30 days; amend KRS 15A.305, 610.030, 610.190, 610.200, 610.220, 635.010, and 630.030 to make technical corrections; repeal KRS 610.012.

AN ACT relating to juvenile justice.

Sen. Whitney Westerfield [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-09	Senate	returned to Judiciary (S)
2016-03-09	Senate	1st reading
2016-03-09	Senate	taken from Judiciary (S)
2016-02-25	Senate	to Judiciary (S)
2016-02-23	Senate	introduced in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB201.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB201/bill.pdf
Supplement	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/SB201/LM.pdf