Sponsor: Representative Suzanne Salisbury | Current Status: REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY

This bill amends the law governing detention of juveniles who have been bound over for prosecution as an adult. Under current law, when a detained juvenile who has been bound over for prosecution as an adult reaches 18 years of age, the juvenile must be detained in an adult section of a jail. This bill adds an exception to this provision by allowing the Department of Corrections to request and the court to order that the juvenile be detained in a department detention facility exclusively for juveniles.