Modifies provisions relating to orders of disposition for Juveniles by requiring any juvenile who agrees to a deferral of disposition to acknowledge the direct consequences of being found guilty and the direct consequences that will happen if an order of disposition is entered.   Official Text and Analysis.

Makes statutory changes to clarify when a juvenile adjudication or deferral will be considered a conviction: A juvenile adjudication is included in the definition of conviction for purposes of addressing convictions for offenses requiring withholding of driving privileges. A dismissal after a deferred disposition for a juvenile is included in the definition of conviction for purposes of prohibiting a convicted person from possessing a firearm.

Reforms many procedures pertaining to deferred dispositions and restitution in juvenile cases.

Adds a provision that requires the court, if it has vacated a conviction and restitution has been paid in full, to schedule an administrative sealing hearing for a date no later than 30 days after the respondent's 18th birthday, at which time the court must enter a written order sealing the case and the respondent's presence is not required. Adds a provision that requires the court to grant any motion to seal records of a deferred disposition which has been vacated prior to the effective date of this act if the person is 18 years of age or older at the time of the motion. Removes the provision which provided that a juvenile adjudication is the same as a conviction for offenses where the penalty includes the withholding of driving privileges. Removes the provision which provided that a dismissal after a juvenile has completed a deferred disposition is still considered a conviction under the statutory provisions which prohibit a convicted person from possessing a firearm. Removes the provision which requires the juvenile court to notify a juvenile's school when he or she is found guilty of certain offenses in a deferred disposition proceeding.

Modifies juvenile offender sentencing guidelines.

Clarifies that the court must grant a motion to seal for deferred dispositions that have been granted prior to the effective date of this act only if the person making the motion is age 18 or older and restitution has been paid.

Permits a juvenile to request a deferred disposition less than two weeks before trial if the juvenile demonstrates good cause for the request. Permits the court to vacate a conviction entered pursuant to a deferred disposition if the juvenile has not paid restitution in full but has made good faith efforts to comply with restitution requirements. Requires the court to set an administrative hearing to seal a successful deferred disposition if restitution has been paid in full and the court has vacated the conviction entered under the deferred disposition proceeding. Requires the court to grant a motion to seal a deferred disposition completed before the effective date of this act if the person making the motion is 18 years of age or older and restitution has been paid in full. Clarifies that dispositions for two or more offenses in a single disposition order are to be imposed consecutively, and that periods of community supervision imposed in multiple disposition orders are to be imposed concurrently while multiple disposition orders of detention are imposed consecutively within certain limits. Makes technical changes to the standard-range disposition grid in the juvenile justice code for clarity and to reflect recent changes in statute, which eliminates the distinction in the juvenile justice code between levels of Third Degree Malicious Mischief offenses based upon the value of the damage caused.