For amend and vote only, the Senate Corrections and Criminal Law Committee heard HB 1218, sponsored by Sen. Head and Sen. Bray, on juvenile justice. The legislation now includes, after amendments, these provisions:
- Adds juvenile related members to a community corrections advisory board;
- Permits an application to community corrections program for juveniles to be made to the department of correction, division of youth services;
- Adds language to permit the community corrections program of the department of correction to fund court appointed forensic advocate for persons on probation, parole, community corrections or a pretrial diversion program;
- Provides that a child who was: (1) the victim of human trafficking; and (2) adjudicated a delinquent child for an act performed while a victim of human trafficking, the delinquent act did not result in bodily injury to another person, and the child was coerced or under the control of another; is entitled to have the adjudication vacated;
- Defines the “juvenile prostitution;”
- Defines prostitution as an act which may only be committed by a person who is at least 18 years of age;
- Provides the juvenile court has exclusive jurisdiction over petitions to expunge records of delinquent or CHINS children; and
- Adds language about items which must be included in a petition to expunge juvenile records.
The amended bill passed 8-0.
Read the bill at: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/house/1218