75E-4-204. Juvenile disposition guidelines.

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Effective 7/1/2026

(1)The sentencing commission shall establish and maintain juvenile disposition guidelines that:

(a)respond to public comment;

(b)relate dispositional practices and rehabilitative resources;

(c)increase consistency in disposition orders;

(d)better define responsibility for disposition orders; and

(e)enhance the discretion of the juvenile court while preserving the role of the Youth Parole Authority.

(2)The juvenile disposition guidelines shall address how to appropriately respond to negative and positive behavior of juveniles who are:

(a)nonjudicially adjusted;

(b)placed on diversion;

(c)placed on probation;

(d)placed on community supervision;

(e)placed in an out-of-home placement; or

(f)placed in a secure care facility.

(3)The juvenile disposition guidelines shall include:

(a)other sanctions and incentives including:

(i)recommended responses that are swift and certain;

(ii)a continuum of community-based options for juveniles living at home;

(iii)recommended responses that target the juvenile's criminogenic risk and needs; and

(iv)recommended incentives for compliance, including earned discharge credits; and

(b)a recommendation that, when a juvenile court interacts with a juvenile described in Subsection

(2), the juvenile court shall consider:

(i)the seriousness of the negative and positive behavior of the juvenile;

(ii)the juvenile's conduct postadjudication; and

(iii)the juvenile's delinquency history.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 291 , 2026 General Session