2025 Senate Bill 24

Juveniles: juvenile justice services; certain information sharing for research purposes in juvenile justice cases; allow.

A bill to amend 1988 PA 13, entitled “Juvenile diversion act,” by amending section 9 (MCL 722.829), as amended by 2023 PA 287.

AI Analysis – Experimental

The bill amends the Juvenile Diversion Act to regulate the use of records for research purposes, protect minors' information, and establish penalties for misuse, effective October 1, 2025.

Introduced in the Senate

Jan. 23, 2025

Introduced by Sen. Stephanie Chang (D-3)

Referred to the Committee on Civil Rights, Judiciary, and Public Safety

Feb. 5, 2025

Reported without amendment

Feb. 11, 2025

Referred to the Committee of the Whole

Reported without amendment

March 5, 2025

Amendment offered by Sen. Jim Runestad (R-23)

1. Amend page 2, line 12, after “request.” by striking out “Data provided under a data use agreement

is exempt from disclosure under section 13(1)(d) of the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442,

MCL 15.243.”.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Sen. Jim Runestad (R-23)

1. Amend page 2, following line 16, by inserting

“(3) A data use agreement under subsection (2) may include only the following terms, as applicable:

(a) The withholding of personally identifiable information in the data.

(b) Exclusion of data from certain courts if the de minimus nature of the results would allow for a

juvenile to be identifiable.” and renumbering the remaining subsections.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Passed in the Senate 29 to 6 (details)

Received in the House

March 5, 2025

Referred to the Committee on Government Operations