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2012 Regular Session

House Bill 774

Juvenile Detention Reform Act of 2012; create.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Youth and Family Affairs Committee on March 6, 2012. The 2012 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE THE JUVENILE DETENTION REFORM ACT OF 2012; TO AMEND SECTION 43-21-301, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE A YOUTH COURT JUDGE OR HIS DESIGNEE TO ISSUE AN ORDER BEFORE A CHILD MAY BE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY; TO AMEND SECTION 43-21-321, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE EACH JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER TO BE LICENSED ON A YEARLY BASIS; TO PROVIDE THAT SUCH LICENSING REQUIREMENTS BE MADE BY THE JUVENILE DETENTION ALTERNATIVES TASK FORCE; TO REQUIRE CERTAIN STANDARDS FOR JUVENILE DETENTION CENTERS REGARDING DETAINING YOUTH IN LOCKED CELLS; TO AMEND SECTION 43-21-605, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE YOUTH COURT JUDGES TO ORDER PARENTS OR GUARDIANS TO PERFORM COMMUNITY SERVICE ALONG WITH THEIR CHILD WHO IS EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR YOUNGER AS LONG AS SUCH SERVICE DOES NOT INTERFERE WITH THE WORK SCHEDULE OF THE PARENTS OR GUARDIANS; TO ESTABLISH THE JUVENILE DETENTION ALTERNATIVES TASK FORCE AND ITS ADVISORY GROUP; TO PRESCRIBE THEIR MEMBERSHIP AND DUTIES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

Its course

February 20 to March 6, 2012, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 20 to Mar 6 · stopped15 days

Youth and Family AffairsFeb 20 to Mar 6 · stopped15 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

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What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Feb 20 – Mar 6

  1. Feb 20Referred to the House committees on Youth and Family Affairs and on Judiciary B
  2. Mar 6Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Feb 20Referred To Youth and Family Affairs;Judiciary BHouse of Representatives
  2. Mar 6Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives