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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6721
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 2930
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. FISHBEIN, 90th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE CONSIDERATION OF THE PUBLIC
INTEREST WHEN THE COURT DETERMINES WHETHER TO
TRANSFER A JUVENILE TO THE REGULAR CRIMINAL DOCKET.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That subparagraph (C) of subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of section 1
46b-127 of the general statutes be amended to provide the court greater 2
discretion when determining whether to transfer a juvenile from the 3
docket for juvenile matters to the regular criminal docket of the 4
Superior Court in the case of a class C, D or E felony or an unclassified 5
felony by considering whether the best interests of the child or the 6
public will not be served by not maintaining the case in the superior 7
court for juvenile matters, rather than requiring the court to consider 8
the best interests of the child and the public as part of that 9
determination. 10
Statement of Purpose:
To consider the public interest in deciding whether to transfer children
committing certain felonies from the juvenile docket to the regular
criminal docket.