Enacts "Renee's law" to provide greater protection and disclosure to employees of facilities where juvenile delinquents and youthful offenders are placed
Summary
Enacts "Renee's Law"; directs the commissioner of children and family services to provide training to all employees of programs and facilities in which youths are placed or committed; grants access to office of children and family services' records, juvenile delinquency records, youthful offender records and juvenile offender records of youths placed or committed to a facility, to staff members and employees who are exposed to such youths and to foster parents who take custody of such person after his or her release; grants courts and attorneys access to such records in any proceeding for the commission of a crime while a youth is in the custody of the office of children and family services; prohibits the release, discharge or transfer of any youth who has engaged in criminal activity while in custody; requires the reporting to law enforcement authorities of criminal activity by a youth in the custody of the office of children and family services; requires a police officer to escort an employee sent to find a youth who is absent without authorization.
Bill status
died
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Jan 2018
Senate Passage
May 2017
Assembly Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 4, 2017
Last action Jan 9, 2018
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
12
Key actions
1
Committee
5
Jan 9, 2018
Committee
REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
legislature
Jan 3, 2018
Committee
REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
legislature
May 9, 2017
Committee
REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
legislature
May 9, 2017
Legislature · Passed
PASSED SENATE
legislature
Feb 7, 2017
Committee
REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
legislature
Jan 4, 2017
Committee
REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
legislature
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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