2019 Senate Bill 102 ↩

House Roll Call 271: Passed

To reimburse counties for the cost of providing juvenile justice services to minors age 17 and under who are charged with a crime. This has been the contentious "who pays?" piece of a multi-bill "raise the age" initiative to no longer automatically treat minors who commit certain crimes as adults, and prohibit housing them in the same facilities with adult prisoners. Under the bill, counties would get 100 percent reimbursement from the state until October 2025, when the issue would be reviewed using cost data the legislation requires be assembled. This is part of a broader "raise the age" juvenile justice reform effort that with this week's votes now goes to Gov. Whitmer for approval.