SB546
Juveniles; trial as adult, minimum age.
Summary
As Passed Both Chambers. Juveniles; trial as adult.
Increases from 14 years of age to 16 years of age the minimum age at which a juvenile must be tried as an adult in circuit court for murder or aggravated malicious wounding; however, if the juvenile is 14 years of age or older but younger than 16 years of ... (More) age, the court, on motion of the attorney for the Commonwealth, shall hold a transfer hearing. The minimum age is also raised from 14 to 16 for certain charges requiring notice of intent to try such juvenile as an adult by the attorney for the Commonwealth. In order to be tried as an adult in circuit court for the charges that under current law require notice of intent to proceed with trial as an adult by the attorney for the Commonwealth, the bill requires that (i) a report concerning the juvenile be prepared by the court services unit or other qualified agency and (ii) the attorney for the Commonwealth provide written notice that he intends to proceed with a preliminary hearing for trial of such juvenile as an adult, including affirmation that he has read the report. HB 477 is identical to this bill. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/07/2020 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102990D
- 01/07/2020 - Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 01/08/2020 - Senate: Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
- 02/10/2020 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 20108088D-S1
- 02/10/2020 - Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 4-N)
- 02/11/2020 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/2020 - Senate: Read second time
- 02/11/2020 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/11/2020 - Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 20108088D-S1
- 02/11/2020 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB546S1
- 02/11/2020 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/2020 - Senate: Passed Senate (31-Y 8-N)
- 02/14/2020 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/14/2020 - House: Read first time
- 02/14/2020 - House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/14/2020 - House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
- 02/17/2020 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/2020 - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (16-Y 5-N)
- 02/19/2020 - House: Committee substitute printed 20108510D-H1
- 02/21/2020 - House: Read second time
- 02/21/2020 - House: Floor substitute printed 20108708D-H2 (Mullin)
- 02/24/2020 - House: Passed by for the day
- 02/25/2020 - House: Passed by for the day
- 02/26/2020 - House: Read third time
- 02/26/2020 - House: Passed by temporarily
- 02/26/2020 - House: Read third time
- 02/26/2020 - House: Committee substitute rejected 20108510D-H1
- 02/26/2020 - House: Substitute by Delegate Mullin agreed to 20108708D-H2
- 02/26/2020 - House: Engrossed by House - floor substitute SB546H2
- 02/26/2020 - House: Passed House with substitute (88-Y 10-N)
- 02/26/2020 - House: VOTE: Passage (88-Y 10-N)
- 02/28/2020 - Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (32-Y 6-N)
- 02/28/2020 - Senate: Title replaced 20108708D-H2
- 03/05/2020 - Senate: Enrolled
- 03/05/2020 - Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB546ER)
- 03/06/2020 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB546ER)
- 03/06/2020 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/07/2020 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/12/2020 - Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- 03/12/2020 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 04/09/2020 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 988 (effective 7/1/20)
- 04/09/2020 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0988)
