2025 bills / S.B. 157
S.B. 157 Nonjudicial Adjustment Amendments (2025)
- Introduced
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- House committee
- House vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
AI summary from the official description
The bill would require that a minor get legal advice before refusing a nonjudicial adjustment agreement, which is an alternative to court for certain juvenile matters, with some exceptions. It would also require the Office of Indigent Defense Services to provide free legal advice to minors considering such an agreement, allow it to hire or contract with an attorney for that purpose, and set up a notice process before a minor can decline.
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Official description
- prohibits a minor from declining to enter into a nonjudicial adjustment agreement unless the minor has received advice from legal counsel, with exceptions
- modifies the duties of the Indigent Defense Commission to include encouraging the provision of resources for minors to receive access to legal advice when considering a nonjudicial adjustment
- modifies the duties of the Office of Indigent Defense Services to require the office to provide no-cost legal advice for minors considering a nonjudicial adjustment
- permits the Office of Indigent Defense Services to employ or contract with an attorney to provide legal advice to minors considering a nonjudicial adjustment
- creates procedures for giving notice of requirements before declining a nonjudicial adjustment agreement
- makes clarifying amendments
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What members get
- An alert the day S.B. 157 is put on a committee agenda, with time and room, so you can be there to speak
- When S.B. 157 is rewritten, exactly which words changed
- Its hearings in your own calendar
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Every vote
- 6 yes, 0 no, 3 absentSenate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee: vote to change the bill · Jan 31, 2025Who voted how
- 7 yes, 0 no, 2 absentSenate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee: vote to approve it · Jan 31, 2025Who voted how
- 21 yes, 0 no, 8 absentFirst of two Senate votes · Feb 11, 2025Who voted how
- 29 yes, 0 noFinal Senate vote · Feb 12, 2025Who voted how
- 10 yes, 0 no, 1 absentHouse Judiciary Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 24, 2025Who voted how
- 75 yes, 0 noFinal House vote · Mar 4, 2025Who voted how