H.R. 7644: Juvenile Incarceration Reduction Act of 2020

116th Congress · introduced 2020-07-16 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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Where it came from: introduced 2020-07-16 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Juvenile Incarceration Reduction Act of 2020

Plain summary

Juvenile Incarceration Reduction Act of 2020 This bill limits the use of risk and needs assessment systems in decisions related to juveniles in a criminal law context. (A risk and needs assessment system evaluates, among other things, a particular individual's risk of recidivism after release from prison and what programs may reduce that risk.) Under the bill, such a system may not be used to determine whether a juvenile may or should be treated as an adult in a criminal proceeding. Such a system may also not be used (1) to determine the recidivism risk of a juvenile charged with a nonviolent offense, or (2) as the sole factor to determine the recidivism risk of a juvenile who has committed an act of juvenile delinquency that would be a felony if committed by an adult. The bill also prohibits using such a system to (1) determine a juvenile should be taken into custody for an alleged act of juvenile delinquency prior to adjudication; or (2) establish, without additional evidence, a juvenile's eligibility or suitability for a recidivism reduction program. If such a system is used to determine the recidivism risk of a juvenile who has committed an act of juvenile delinquency that would be a felony if committed by an adult, any evidence established by the system is inadmissible as evidence to establish that the juvenile committed the act in question.

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Official text

Juvenile Incarceration Reduction Act of 2020

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5] · 0 cosponsors

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr7644.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>

Record fed-us-cong116-hr7644 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116