Bipartisan sponsors unveil House Bill 399, the Young Offenders Rehabilitation Act. It aims to transfer misdemeanor offenses by 16- and 17-year-olds from the adult court system to the juvenile system. Speakers at a March 31, 2015, news conference are Reps. Marilyn Avila, R-Wake, Jean Farmer-Butterfield, D-Wilson, Jonathan Jordan, R-Ashe, and Duane Hall, D-Wake; Durham Chief District Court Judge Marcia Morey; and former New Bern police chief Frank Palombo.