Senate File 2172 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2172 BY PETERSEN A BILL FOR An Act establishing a task force related to extending juvenile 1 court jurisdiction in delinquency matters and proceedings to 2 include persons under the age of twenty-one years. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5741XS (2) 86 jh/rj

S.F. 2172 Section 1. JUVENILE COURT JURISDICTION TASK FORCE AND 1 REPORT. 2 1. The division of criminal and juvenile justice planning 3 of the department of human rights shall establish a task force 4 related to expanding juvenile court jurisdiction in delinquency 5 matters and proceedings to include persons eighteen years of 6 age or older but under twenty-one years of age. 7 2. Members of the task force shall include representatives 8 of all of the following state agencies or associations: 9 a. Division of criminal and juvenile justice planning. 10 b. Department of human services. 11 c. Judicial branch. 12 d. Department of corrections. 13 e. Office of the state public defender. 14 f. Department of public safety. 15 g. Department of justice. 16 h. Department of education. 17 i. Iowa county attorneys association. 18 j. Other representatives or persons as the division of 19 criminal and juvenile justice planning deems appropriate. 20 3. The task force may consult with other public and private 21 agencies and may seek expertise from one or more national 22 organizations. 23 4. The task force shall consider the status of the current 24 law related to juvenile court jurisdiction in delinquency 25 matters and proceedings and identify opportunities and problems 26 which might arise from the expansion of such juvenile court 27 jurisdiction to include persons who have reached the age 28 of majority. The issues the task force shall consider and 29 regarding which the task force shall make recommendations 30 include all of the following: 31 a. The legal rights and responsibilities of the parent 32 of a person who is eighteen years of age or older but under 33 twenty-one years of age and subject to the jurisdiction of the 34 juvenile court in a delinquency matter or proceeding. 35 -1- LSB 5741XS (2) 86 jh/rj 1/ 3

S.F. 2172 b. The age of a person at which juvenile court services 1 should cease. 2 c. The age at which a person may be under the supervision of 3 the district court as a youthful offender. 4 d. Whether a person who is eighteen years of age or older 5 but under twenty-one years of age should be placed in shelter 6 care or detention care. 7 e. Whether a person who is eighteen years of age or older 8 but under twenty-one years of age should be eligible to be 9 committed to the state training school. 10 f. Any other issues the task force determines to be 11 appropriate. 12 5. The task force shall, by December 15, 2016, submit 13 a report on its findings, including recommendations for 14 legislation, to the governor and general assembly. 15 6. The division of criminal and juvenile justice planning 16 shall provide staff assistance and administrative support to 17 the task force. 18 EXPLANATION 19 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 20 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 21 This bill requires the division of criminal and juvenile 22 justice planning of the department of human rights to establish 23 a task force related to extending juvenile court jurisdiction 24 in delinquency matters and proceedings to include persons 18 25 years of age or older but under the age of 21 years. 26 The bill provides that members of the task force shall 27 include representatives of the division of criminal and 28 juvenile justice planning, the department of human services, 29 the judicial branch, the department of corrections, the office 30 of the state public defender, the department of public safety, 31 the department of justice, the department of education, the 32 Iowa county attorneys association, and other persons as the 33 division of criminal and juvenile justice planning deems 34 appropriate. The task force may consult with other public 35 -2- LSB 5741XS (2) 86 jh/rj 2/ 3

S.F. 2172 and private agencies and may seek expertise from one or 1 more national organizations. The bill requires the division 2 of criminal and juvenile justice planning to provide staff 3 assistance and administrative support to the task force. 4 The bill provides that the task force shall consider 5 the status of the current law related to juvenile court 6 jurisdiction in delinquency matters and proceedings and 7 identify concerns or problems which would arise from the 8 expansion of such juvenile court jurisdiction to include 9 persons who have reached the age of majority. The bill 10 requires the task force to consider the legal rights and 11 responsibilities of the parent of a person who is 18 years 12 of age or older but under 21 years of age and is under the 13 jurisdiction of the juvenile court in a delinquency matter 14 or proceeding, the age of a person at which juvenile court 15 services should cease and at which a person may be under the 16 supervision of the district court as a youthful offender, 17 whether a person who is 18 years of age or older but under 21 18 years of age should be placed in shelter care or detention care 19 or should be eligible to be committed to the state training 20 school, and any other issues the task force determines to be 21 appropriate. 22 The bill requires the task force to submit a report on its 23 findings, including recommendations for legislation, to the 24 governor and general assembly by December 15, 2016. 25 -3- LSB 5741XS (2) 86 jh/rj 3/ 3