2022 House Bill 5941

Exclude minors from life-without-probation sentences

Introduced in the House

March 22, 2022

Introduced by Rep. Tenisha Yancey (D-1)

To prohibit applying the state’s most serious criminal penalty, life in prison no parole eligibility, to an individual who was less than age 18 when the crime was committed.

Referred to the Committee on Judiciary