Bill Text: CT SB00349 | 2011 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: An Act Concerning Changes To The Age Of Juvenile Jurisdiction.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-20 - Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary [SB00349 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2011-SB00349-Introduced.html

General Assembly

 

Proposed Bill No. 349

 

January Session, 2011

 

LCO No. 1141

   

Referred to Committee on Judiciary

 

Introduced by:

 

SEN. BOUCHER, 26th Dist.

 

AN ACT CONCERNING CHANGES TO THE AGE OF JUVENILE JURISDICTION.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to provide that youth seventeen years of age be included in the juvenile justice system beginning July 1, 2014, rather than July 1, 2012, as currently provided.

Statement of Purpose:

To delay until July 1, 2014, the inclusion of youth seventeen years of age in the juvenile justice system.

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