S.E.A. 464, P.L. 115
Effective: July 1, 2023
- Provides that an adult criminal court has jurisdiction over a person at least 21 years of age who committed an offense as a child (an adult child offender), if the offense could have been waived to adult court, and provides the juvenile court has jurisdiction over an adult child offender if the offense could not have been waived under IC 31-30-3.
- Specifies that an adult child offender may be required to register as a sex offender in the same manner as a delinquent child, and permits a court to remove the obligation for an adult child offender and a delinquent child to register after the completion of sex offender treatment.
- Amends the definition of a crime delinquent under IC 31-37-1-2.
- Allows a court, in sentencing an adult child offender, to consider as a mitigating factor that the person was a child at the time the person committed the offense.
- Provides an additional opportunity for an adult child offender to obtain sentence modification under certain circumstances.
- Permits a court to suspend a sentence imposed on an adult child offender, except for murder.
Read the bill at: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/464