Modifies provisions relating to the certification of a juvenile for trial as an adult

Plain English: 5281H04.04H HB 2498 House _____________________________________________________ Amendment NO.____ Offered By _____________________________________ ___________________________________ Action Taken___________________________________________ Date __________________ Page 1 of 2 1 AMEND House Bill No.

• 5281H04.04H HB 2498 House _____________________________________________________ Amendment NO.____ Offered By _____________________________________ ___________________________________ Action Taken___________________________________________ Date __________________ Page 1 of 2 1 AMEND House Bill No.
• 2498, Page 2, Section 43.503, Line 35, by deleting said line and 2 inserting in lieu thereof the following: 3 4 "be a class A or B felony, felony under chapter 566, or two felony offenses committed within 5 one hundred eighty days of each other, if committed by an adult, the arresting"; and 6 7 Further amend said bill, Page 5, Section 211.071, Line 1, by inserting after the number "1." the 8 number "(1)"; and 9 10 Further amend said bill, page, and section, Lines 2-3, by deleting said lines and inserting in lieu 11 thereof the following: 12 13 "fourteen and eighteen has committed an offense that would be considered a class A or B felony, 14 felony under chapter 566, or two felony offenses committed within one hundred eighty days of 15 each other, if committed by an adult, the court may, upon its own motion or upon motion by the 16 juvenile"; and 17 18 Further amend said bill, page, and section, Line 23, by inserting after said line the following: 19 20 "(2) The moving party shall be solely responsible for all duties enumerated under this 21 section.
• If the juvenile officer forwards to the prosecutor a class A or B felony that is not 22 certified by the juvenile officer, the prosecutor shall notify the juvenile officer within thirty days 23 of the decision to certify the case."; and 24 25 Further amend said bill and section, Page 6, Line 52, by deleting the word "all" and inserting in 26 lieu thereof the words "legally sufficient"; and 27 28 Further amend said bill, page, and section, Lines 57-58, by deleting the words "reportable under 29 section 43.506" and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 30 31 "that would be a class A or B felony, felony under chapter 566, or two felony offenses committed 32 within one hundred eighty days of each other, if committed by an adult,"; and 33 34 Further amend said bill and section, Page 8, Line 118, by inserting after said line the following: 35 36 "16.
• For purposes of this section, the term "legally sufficient" means a reasonable belief 5281H04.04H Page 2 of 2 1 with articulable facts that a crime has been or is being committed based on the totality of the 2 circumstances."; and 3 4 Further amend said bill by amending the title, enacting clause, and intersectional references 5 accordingly.

Plain English: 5281H04.06H HB 2498 House _____________________________________________________ Amendment NO.____ Offered By _____________________________________ ___________________________________ Action Taken___________________________________________ Date __________________ Page 1 of 1 1 AMEND House Bill No.

• 5281H04.06H HB 2498 House _____________________________________________________ Amendment NO.____ Offered By _____________________________________ ___________________________________ Action Taken___________________________________________ Date __________________ Page 1 of 1 1 AMEND House Bill No.
• 2498, Page 9, Section 211.151, Line 38, by inserting after said section 2 and line the following: 3 4 "211.261.
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• An appeal shall be allowed to the child from any final judgment, order or 5 decree made under the provisions of this chapter and may be taken on the part of the child by its 6 parent, guardian, legal custodian, spouse, relative or next friend.

Plain English: 5281H04.07H HB 2498 House _____________________________________________________ Amendment NO.____ Offered By _____________________________________ ___________________________________ Action Taken___________________________________________ Date __________________ Page 1 of 1 1 AMEND House Bill No.

• 5281H04.07H HB 2498 House _____________________________________________________ Amendment NO.____ Offered By _____________________________________ ___________________________________ Action Taken___________________________________________ Date __________________ Page 1 of 1 1 AMEND House Bill No.
• 2498, Page 8, Section 211.071, Lines 110-118, by deleting said lines; 2 and 3 4 Further amend said bill by amending the title, enacting clause, and intersectional references 5 accordingly.

Plain English: 5281H04.08H HB 2498 House _____________________________________________________ Amendment NO.____ Offered By _____________________________________ ___________________________________ Action Taken___________________________________________ Date __________________ Page 1 of 4 1 AMEND House Bill No.

• 5281H04.08H HB 2498 House _____________________________________________________ Amendment NO.____ Offered By _____________________________________ ___________________________________ Action Taken___________________________________________ Date __________________ Page 1 of 4 1 AMEND House Bill No.
• 2498, Page 9, Section 211.151, Line 38, by inserting after said line and 2 section the following: 3 4 "558.047.
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• (1) Any person sentenced to a term of imprisonment for life without 5 eligibility for parole before August 28, 2016, who was under [eighteen] nineteen years of age at 6 the time of the commission of the offense or offenses, may submit to the parole board a petition 7 for a review of his or her sentence, regardless of whether the case is final for purposes of appeal, 8 after serving twenty-five years of incarceration on the sentence of life without parole.

Plain English: 5281H04.09H HB 2498 House _____________________________________________________ Amendment NO.____ Offered By _____________________________________ ___________________________________ Action Taken___________________________________________ Date __________________ Page 1 of 1 1 AMEND House Bill No.

• 5281H04.09H HB 2498 House _____________________________________________________ Amendment NO.____ Offered By _____________________________________ ___________________________________ Action Taken___________________________________________ Date __________________ Page 1 of 1 1 AMEND House Bill No.
• 2498, Page 1, In the Title, Line 3, by deleting "the certification of a 2 juvenile for trial as an adult" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "youth offenders"; and 3 4 Further amend said bill by amending the title, enacting clause, and intersectional references 5 accordingly.

Plain English: 5281H04.10H HB 2498 House _____________________________________________________ Amendment NO.____ Offered By _____________________________________ ___________________________________ Action Taken___________________________________________ Date __________________ Page 1 of 1 1 AMEND House Bill No.

• 5281H04.10H HB 2498 House _____________________________________________________ Amendment NO.____ Offered By _____________________________________ ___________________________________ Action Taken___________________________________________ Date __________________ Page 1 of 1 1 AMEND House Bill No.
• 2498, Page 5, Section 43.503, Line 132, by inserting after all of said 2 section and line the following: 3 4 "211.058.
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• As used in this section, the following terms mean: 5 (1) "Custodial interrogation", any interrogation during which a: 6 (a) Reasonable person in the child's position would consider himself or herself to be in 7 custody; and 8 (b) Question is asked that is reasonably likely to elicit an incriminating response; 9 (2) "Deception", the knowing communication of false facts about evidence or 10 unauthorized statements regarding leniency by a person involved in a custodial interrogation of a 11 child.