HR 1885 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Prohibiting Detention of Youth Status Offenders Act of 2017

Introduced Apr 4, 2017 Originated House Sponsor Tony Cárdenas D-CA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Apr 4, 2017 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedApr 4, 2017
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Prohibiting Detention of Youth Status Offenders Act of 2017

This bill amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to modify the deinstitutionalization of status offenders (DSO) core requirement with which a state must comply to receive funds under the Formula Grant Program. The DSO core requirement prohibits the secure detention or confinement of a juvenile who commits a status offense (i.e., an offense that would not be a crime if committed by an adult).

This bill eliminates an exception to the DSO core requirement that permits the secure detention or confinement of an out-of-state runaway youth.

It also eliminates, not later than one year after enactment, an exception to the DSO core requirement that permits the secure detention or confinement of a juvenile status offender who violates a valid court order. Until then, use of the valid court order exception to securely detain or confine a juvenile status offender must comply with additional requirements, such as issuance of a written court order and a three-day maximum length of detention.

Cosponsors 16

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 4, 2017 to Jul 26, 2018, with 10 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalApr 4, 2017
D-MDElijah E. CummingsOriginalApr 4, 2017
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalApr 4, 2017
D-CAJuan VargasOriginalApr 4, 2017
D-MNKeith EllisonOriginalApr 4, 2017
D-ILLuis V. GutierrezOriginalApr 4, 2017
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalApr 4, 2017
D-CARo KhannaOriginalApr 4, 2017
D-NYSean Patrick MaloneyOriginalApr 4, 2017
D-TNSteve CohenOriginalApr 4, 2017
D-MDJamie RaskinApr 25, 2017
D-CAJerry McNerneyApr 27, 2017
D-MAJames P. McGovernMay 1, 2017
D-CAKaren BassMay 8, 2017
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyJan 9, 2018
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Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 4, 2017Introduced in House
  2. Apr 4, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 866Prohibiting Detention of Youth Status Offenders Act of 2017Related billApr 6, 2017

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.

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  1. Apr 4, 2017Introduced in House

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