Childhood Offenders Rehabilitation and Safety Act of 2023

This bill, the Childhood Offenders Rehabilitation and Safety Act of 2023, changes federal juvenile justice procedures to better protect young people and promote rehabilitation. It raises the age for transferring juveniles to adult court from 15 to 16, requires courts to consider a youth's childhood trauma and involvement in the child welfare system when making transfer decisions, and limits murder liability for minors who weren't directly responsible for causing death. The bill also creates a new grant program to help states improve collaboration between child welfare and juvenile justice systems, particularly for vulnerable youth groups like children under 12 or over 15 excluded from juvenile proceedings, child survivors of commercial sexual exploitation, and youth in both foster care and juvenile justice systems. Additionally, it mandates annual federal statistics on children in the justice system to track demographics, sentencing, and other key data points.