Following up on the vote of the nearly unanimous vote of the Committee on High Risk Juvenile Offenders, a number of bills have been introduced in the Legislature, including:

SB 149 relating to an examination of the juvenile in a proceeding for waiver of juvenile court jurisdiction;

SB 150 relating to the criteria for waiver of adult criminal court jurisdiction over a juvenile and “reverse waiver” of the case to juvenile court;

SB 151 relating to funding to counties to cover increase in juvenile corrections costs;

SB 152 creating a rebuttable presumption of retaining juvenile court jurisdiction in waiver proceedings involving a first offender; and

SB 153 relating to waiver to adult court, outlining more specific criteria for the court to consider in making a waiver decision

For more information about the Committee and its final report, see http://www.legis.state.wi.us/lc/committees/study/2008/JUVE/index.htm.