Date: 05/03/2012

Final
BILL SUMMARY for SB12-028

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Refer Senate Bill 12-028 to the Committee on ApproPASS



02:06 PM -- Senate Bill 12-028

Representative Sonnenberg presented Senate Bill 12-028 for Representative Barker. The bill establishes a 20-year mandatory period of parole for juvenile offenders who are adjudicated as delinquents and sentenced for murder in the first degree. It allows a court to sentence a juvenile adjudicated a delinquent for murder in the first degree or murder in the second degree either consecutively or concurrently.

Under current law, when an aggravated juvenile offender in the custody of the Department of Human Services reaches the age of 20 years and 6 months, the court is required to hold a hearing to determine the continuing jurisdiction of the juvenile. This bill requires a psychological evaluation of the juvenile by a state-employed psychiatrist at the Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo. The court is required to consider the following factors, at a minimum, when determining whether to transfer custody of a juvenile to the Department of Corrections:

02:06 PM -- Dan Schoen, representing the Colorado Criminal Defense Bar and the Colorado Juvenile Defender Coalition, and Tamar Wilson, representing the Colorado District Attorneys' Council and the Colorado Attorney General's Office, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Schoen explained the effects of the bill. He and Ms. Wilson responded to questions from the committee about why the bill was not brought to the Colorado Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice.
BILL:SB12-028
TIME: 02:11:45 PM
MOVED:Sonnenberg
MOTION:Refer Senate Bill 12-028 to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 10-0, with 2 excused.
SECONDED:Kagan
VOTE
Baumgardner
Yes
DelGrosso
Yes
Duran
Yes
Kagan
Yes
Lee
Yes
Nikkel
Yes
Pabon
Yes
Ryden
Yes
Sonnenberg
Yes
Waller
Yes
Gardner B.
Excused
Final YES: 10 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS