HB06888: An Act Concerning Juvenile Justice.

Legislative Summary

To implement various juvenile justice policy changes, including (1) expansion of the community-based diversion system, (2) expansion of the use of automatic prearrest diversion of children, (3) expansion of the membership of the Juvenile Justice Policy and Oversight Committee to include new members and funding for stipends for such members for childcare and transportation costs incurred due to their service on the committee, (4) development, implementation and funding for a comprehensive commissary implementation plan, (5) development of a reentry success plan, (6) full implementation of the plan to transition any person under eighteen years of age from the care and custody of the Department of Correction to the care and custody of the Judicial Branch, and (7) expansion of the Alvin W. Penn Racial Profiling Prohibition Act to address pedestrian stops.