J. Russell (Russ) Jennings Joint Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice Oversight

Sponsored Bills
HB2112 - Enacting the Representative Gail Finney foster care bill of rights.
HB2113 - Prohibiting denial of a petition for expungement due to the petitioner's inability to pay outstanding costs, fees, fines or restitution, providing that the waiting period for expungement starts on the date of conviction or adjudication and authorizing expungement of a juvenile adjudication if the juvenile has not committed a felony offense in the previous two years.
HB2114 - Renaming the joint committee on corrections and juvenile justice oversight in honor of Representative J. Russell (Russ) Jennings and requiring the committee to monitor the implementation of juvenile justice reforms.
HB2115 - Prohibiting the use of restraints during hearings under the revised Kansas juvenile justice code unless deemed appropriate by the court.
HB2490 - Providing for evaluation of a juvenile offender's academic record, dyslexia screening and reading level assessment and limiting overall juvenile offender case length limit extensions to two extensions and 60 days per extension.
HB2491 - Abolishing the law enforcement training center fund; all liabilities of such fund are transferred to and imposed on the state general fund; moneys previously credited to such fund shall be credited to the state general fund.

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