Focus Report, Volume 87, Number 5, January 10, 2022 Page: PAGE7
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Hos ResearcOniza nPg
Retaining juvenile court jurisdiction over
certain persons; sealing records
HB 1193 by Wu (Whitmire)
Digest
HB 1193 would have established that a juvenile court
retained jurisdiction over a person, without regard to the
age of the person, if the proceeding had been delayed
through no fault of the state. A juvenile court would
have been required, on receipt of an application from
a person who received a determinate sentence and was
not transferred to a district court, to hold a hearing to
determine whether it was in the best interest of the person
and of justice to order the sealing of the person's records
and could have ordered the records to be sealed. A juvenile
court would have been prohibited from ordering the
sealing of records of a person who received a determinate
sentence and was transferred to district court.
Governor's reason for veto
"People who commit youthful indiscretions should
have the opportunity to turn their lives around and not
be burdened by a criminal record as an adult. Texas law
already allows juveniles to clear their records in appropriate
circumstances. House Bill 1193, however, would allow
juveniles who were sentenced for serious violent crimes to
hide their acts from society and from future employers.
I have vetoed similar bills in the past sessions that would
have concealed serious offenses, and I must do so again
here."
Response
Neither Rep. Gene Wu, the bill's author, nor Sen.
John Whitmire, the Senate sponsor, had a comment on
the veto.
Notes
The HRO analysis of HB 1193 appeared in Part One
of the May 4 Daily Floor Report.House Research Organization
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