The bill would amend the Family Code to require a juvenile court to admonish a child in open court about the court's consideration of waiving its jurisdiction and transferring the child to a criminal court and a child's right to participate or decline to participate in any diagnostic study, social evaluation, or investigation ordered by the court. The bill would also require the juvenile court to set the date of the transfer hearing. If the child were to decline to participate in a study, evaluation, or investigation ordered by the court, the bill would require child's attorney to state the refusal in open court or in writing by the fifth business day after the court ordered the study, evaluation, or investigation.

Based on information provided by the Office of Court Administration, no significant fiscal impact to the state court system is anticipated as a result from implementing the provisions of the bill.