2019 Senate Bill 204

Juvenile justice reform bills

Introduced in the Senate

March 13, 2019

Introduced by Sen. Jim Runestad (R-15)

To explicitly remove the application of a law authorizing criminal defendant “youthful trainee status” to the obsolete crime of a man “seducing and debauching” an unmarried woman. “Youthful trainee status” which provides a mechanism for not including a criminal the offense on a youth’s permanent record.

Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety