AB 199

Under current law, a court assigned jurisdiction under the Juvenile Justice

Code may permit any party to participate in a plea hearing by telephone or live

audiovisual means except for a juvenile who intends to admit the facts of a

delinquency petition. This bill eliminates that exception.

The bill also specifies that proceedings under the Juvenile Justice Code may be

conducted by telephone or live audiovisual means unless good cause to the contrary

is shown, and that any action taken by the court or any party in such a proceeding

has the same effect as if made in open court.

Current law provides that only certain criminal proceedings may be conducted

by telephone or live audiovisual means unless good cause to the contrary is shown,

and that any action taken by the court or any party in such a proceeding has the same

effect as if made in open court. This bill specifies that any criminal proceeding or any

hearing on a motion for an extension of time for a trial involving an interstate

detainer may be conducted by telephone or live audiovisual means, unless good cause

to the contrary is shown, and that any action taken by the court or any party in such

a proceeding has the same effect as if made in open court.