Juvenile; sentencing when tried as an adult.
Summary
Sentencing of juvenile tried as adult. Providesthat a court, in the case of a juvenile tried as an adult and convictedof a felony, may depart from any mandatory minimum sentence requiredby law, suspend any portion of an otherwise applicable sentence,or deal with the juvenile in the same manner as a case in the juvenilecourt if the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that thevictim of the felony offense trafficked the juvenile in violationof human trafficking laws, sexually assaulted or abused the juvenilewithin one year of the commission of the felony offense, or sexuallyassaulted or abused the juvenile, causing such juvenile to be anabused or neglected child. The bill also requires the court, whensentencing a juvenile as an adult, to consider the juvenile's exposureto adverse childhood experiences, early childhood trauma, or anychild welfare agency and the differences between juvenile and adultoffenders, including the diminished culpability of juveniles. Afterconsidering such factors, the court may reduce or suspend any mandatory minimum sentence or maximum period of incarceration prescribed bylaw that the juvenile is required to serve by not more than 50 percentif the court determines that such reduction is appropriate in relationto the juvenile's age, the juvenile's prospects for rehabilitation,or any other mitigating factors.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Jan 6, 2020
Signed Mar 23, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Feb 27, 2020 · House of Delegates Jan 31, 2020
How they voted
30–10
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 27, 2020
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
52% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
28
Key actions
8
Committee
9
Amendments
1
Mar 23, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 396 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Feb 27, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (30-Y 10-N)
upper
Feb 25, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 2-N)
upper
Feb 17, 2020
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Feb 17, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Judiciary (13-Y 2-N)
upper
Feb 3, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Jan 31, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (71-Y 27-N)
lower
Jan 30, 2020
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB744E
lower
Jan 30, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
lower
Jan 27, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (15-Y 4-N)
lower
Jan 22, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 1-N)
lower
Jan 17, 2020
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
lower
Jan 6, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Jan 6, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104812D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Vivian Watts
DDemocratic
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