2021 House Bill 4620

Create “indigent juvenile defense department”

Introduced in the House

April 13, 2021

Introduced by Rep. Sarah Lightner (R-65)

To create an “indigent juvenile defense department” in the state court administrative office that would propose, lobby for and oversee “minimum standards for the local delivery of indigent juvenile defense services providing effective assistance of counsel to juveniles throughout this state”.

Referred to the Committee on Judiciary