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AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/25/2026 - House Judiciary

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • , violent offenders, domestic violent offenders, and homeless and pretrial individuals.
  • , violent offenders, domestic violent offenders, and homeless and pretrial individuals.
  • , violent offenders, domestic violence offenders, homeless, and pretrial individuals.
  • We do not support offenders.
  • The Arizona Sexual Offender Management Board does not support offenders.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Juvenile Justice Apr 14th, 2025

S/C on Juvenile Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • Juvenile is civil, adult is criminal.
  • The juvenile cases in that system.
  • House Bill 4923 also wisely limits the detention of status offenders. ...offenders and establishes clear
  • My bill, HB 3882, will make these grants accessible to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department and juvenile
  • Juvenile probation departments across Texas.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Criminal Justice Jan 26th, 2026

Criminal Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate Bill 1734, Juvenile Justice, by Chair Martin.
  • This bill recognizes juvenile probation officers, or JPOs, and juvenile detention officers, or JDOs,
  • Chris Klaban from the Department of Juvenile Justice, waiving in support.
  • A career offender is not simply a person with a long criminal history.
  • like sexual predator and offender registries.
Summary: The committee took up a series of criminal justice and public safety bills. SB 646, allowing the use of drug testing tools such as fentanyl test strips and reagent kits to detect dangerous adulterants, was presented as a harm-reduction measure and reported favorably after supportive testimony from advocates and criminal defense groups. SB 442, extending the return period for warrants involving digital evidence from 45 days to one year, also passed unanimously amid testimony from prosecutors and law enforcement about encryption, backlogs, and large volumes of child exploitation evidence. SB 418, creating autism-related law enforcement training and a Blue Envelope Program for traffic stops and other encounters, was reported favorably with support from police, disability advocates, and families. SB 132, creating a public database to help people determine eligibility for restoration of voting rights, and SB 748, requiring notice of voting-rights restoration information on sentencing score sheets, both passed with broad support from voting-rights and criminal defense advocates. The committee also approved SB 1734, recognizing juvenile probation and detention officers as officers under Florida law and extending related training and benefits, and SB 1660, designating June as Responsible Firearm Safety Awareness Month. SB 1742, which repealed the existing “unnatural and lascivious acts” statute and created a new offense for indecent exposure of sexual organs to a minor, was amended with a delete-all amendment and then reported favorably. SB 1750, a major overhaul of career offender registration requirements, was later reconsidered after a bill-number mix-up and then reported favorably as SB 1332, with FDLE and sheriff’s association support. The most contentious measure was SB 1326, which would eliminate the traditional insanity defense and replace it with a lack-of-culpable-mental-state defense, require malingering assessments in competency evaluations, and limit downward departures based on mental illness. Criminal defense attorneys and disability advocates argued it lacked a treatment component, raised scientific and cost concerns, and could worsen public safety by sending mentally ill defendants to prison without adequate care. Supporters, including the sponsor and the Attorney General’s office, argued it would close gaps and better protect the public. After extensive debate, the bill was reported favorably on a divided vote, with several members voting no. At the end of the meeting, members recorded additional votes on some bills, and Senator Pizzo moved for reconsideration of SB 1326 for a future meeting.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Human Services Feb 24th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • A17 requires a person that was formally in CPP to participate in sex offender treatment as part of any
  • group is made up of members from the CPP, developmental disabilities, ombuds, law enforcement, sex offender
  • A 17 requires a person that was formally in CPP to participate in sex offender treatment as part of any
  • group is made up of members from the CPP Developmentally Disabilities on ombuds law enforcement sex offender
  • This amendment would require participation in sex offender treatment for these folks.
Bills: HB2510, SGA9305
Summary: The Senate Human Services Committee met on February 24 to executive a large docket of bills in two packets, with staff first briefing measures on the Community Protection Program, jail search policies for transgender and intersex individuals, medically tailored meals, community residential service provider reviews, and the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Work Group and Leadership Council. The committee also later heard bills on foster care licensees and adult family home licensure, DOC supervision for stalking convictions, inmate funds, and residential habilitation center transparency, plus a gubernatorial appointment to the Indeterminate Sentence Review Board. On Substitute House Bill 1390, which would repeal references to the Community Protection Program and transition participants to other services, Senator Christian offered 22 amendments seeking studies, added restrictions, notification requirements, and delays; all were rejected except a technical name-change amendment, and the bill was advanced. On Engrossed House Bill 1604, dealing with searches of transgender and intersex individuals in local jails, nine Christian amendments on private facilities, housing, attorney presence, religious accommodation, liability, medical personnel, staff disclosure, and gender-identity changes were all defeated, and the bill was sent forward. On House Bill 2211, medically tailored meals, a Christian amendment to add a competitive-bidding credit for nonprofits and small businesses failed, and the bill advanced; House Bill 2230, limiting DSHS annual reviews of community residential service providers, moved without amendment. Second Substitute House Bill 2429, extending and restructuring the children and youth behavioral health work group and leadership council, received a Wilson striking amendment and was sent to Ways and Means. In the second packet, Substitute House Bill 2505, exempting certain foster care licensees from adult family home licensure, passed without amendment, and House Bill 2510, requiring DOC supervision for people convicted of stalking who are sentenced to community custody, also advanced without changes. House Bill 2539, raising the indigent inmate threshold, saw debate over whether the amount should be $50 or $100 and whether the standard should be fixed or adjustable; a Christian amendment to lower the threshold failed, while a Wilson amendment allowing the amount to rise with available funds was adopted, and the bill moved forward. Substitute House Bill 2350, requiring notice when an RHC is out of compliance, received a Christian amendment to email legislative committees, which was adopted, and the bill passed. Finally, the committee recommended confirmation of Corey McNally to the Indeterminate Sentence Review Board.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Human Services Feb 18th, 2026 at 08:00 am

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • When people have stalkers, a lot of times these people, the offenders, have been given multiple warnings
  • The offender thought that we were married and also thinks that he needs to murder me.
Bills: HB2510
Summary: The Senate Human Services Committee heard several House bills. Substitute House Bill 2539 would raise the inmate indigency threshold for prison trust accounts from $25 to $100, allowing incarcerated people to keep more money for commissary essentials like hygiene items, postage, and phone calls before deductions for legal financial obligations, child support, and other debts. Representative Street said the bill is intended to better cover basic needs without stopping debt repayment, while supporters from Civil Survival and people with lived experience said the current threshold is too low given rising commissary prices and low prison wages. The Department of Corrections fiscal note was described as potentially over $50,000 plus IT costs. A committee member asked staff to check when the statute was last updated. House Bill 2510 would require the Department of Corrections to supervise people sentenced to community custody for stalking, regardless of risk classification. Representative Burnett said the bill is about victim safety and peace of mind, not punishment, and staff explained it is narrower than a related bill because it applies only when community custody is imposed. Testifiers, including a victim advocate and stalking survivors, described serious and ongoing harm from stalking and said supervision gaps can leave victims unprotected; one witness said a stalker who went through mental health court avoided the DOC supervision that would otherwise have applied. Committee members asked about technology monitoring and the difference between parole and community custody, and the bill was heard without a vote. The committee also heard two bills from Representative Farvar concerning residential habilitation centers (RHCs). Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2319 would rename facilities such as Fircrest School and Rainier School to remove the word “school,” reflecting that they are not educational institutions and avoiding confusion about possible school closures; supporters said the change is largely clarifying and does not alter services or funding. Substitute House Bill 2350 would require DSHS to notify residents, guardians, and other designated contacts when an RHC falls out of compliance with federal CMS requirements, including a plain-language explanation and information about corrective action, with notices posted publicly at the facility. Supporters from Disability Rights Washington, The Arc, the DD Ombuds, and self-advocates said the bills improve transparency and accountability, especially after recent compliance problems at Rainier School. No votes were taken in the hearing.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • tailored list approved to access juvenile case information.
  • Juvenile cases since their inception statute in Texas in 2011.
  • Sexual Offender Registration.
  • They checked his sex offender registry and found nothing there.
  • Sex offender registry.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee Feb 26th, 2025

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • And if an individual offends after they're released, the sentencing judge is the individual that the
  • Child sex offenders don't get good time. Any crime causing death with a deadly weapon or...
  • Section 12-26-7G is added to make individuals required to register as sex offenders who are convicted
  • it talks about individuals required to... talks about individuals required to register as a sex offender
  • No sex offender, adult or juvenile, can accept or maintain employment or volunteer positions as a first
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Juvenile Justice Apr 7th, 2025

S/C on Juvenile Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • various training statewide training education programs for juvenile probation officers and juvenile
  • I've been a juvenile probation officer for 38 years, and the past 22 years I've served as a juvenile
  • We'll have a juvenile who's suicidal acting out. We had a juvenile who was eating his shirt.
  • in juvenile justice across Texas.
  • By, one, ratifying the habitual offender, two, clarifying the juvenile offense and three, juvenile court's
Bills: HB31, HB3360
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Juvenile Justice Apr 3rd, 2025

S/C on Juvenile Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice will come to order at 8:03 a.m. Clerk, please call the roll.
  • to disclose personal identifiable information about. ...about former juvenile offenders who are at least
  • misdemeanors. ...commit an offense or pose a threat to juveniles in our juvenile justice system.
  • probation departments, or registered juvenile... ...facilities.
  • Good morning, Chairman Cook and members of the Juvenile Justice Subcommittee.
Bills: HB2947, HB3276, HB3513
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Juvenile Justice Apr 23rd, 2025

S/C on Juvenile Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • Our county court law number one doesn't do any juvenile work.
  • We have a very busy juvenile board. We meet once a month.
  • appointee to the Texas Juvenile Justice Advisory Board.
  • Juvenile Justice will come back to order at 9:13 a.m.
  • Juvenile Justice will come back to order at 9:13 a.m.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House County and Municipal Government Committee Feb 12th, 2025

County and Municipal Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • Instead of calling the person over the Detention Facility or warden in reference to rehabilitating juvenile
Bills: HB191, HB196, HB134, HB14, HB14
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • So, we're calling it the Juvenile Kentucky Offender Management System, and it's closely modeled after
  • . offenders. offenders.
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  • . juveniles. juveniles.
  • </c> high-risisk offenders in Adair County. high-risisk offenders in Adair County.
Summary: The Juvenile Justice Oversight Council approved the minutes from its November 8, 2024 meeting and welcomed new member Representative Nick Wilson. The council also heard an update from the Administrative Office of the Courts on a school attendance awareness campaign aimed at reducing truancy referrals to court, and a member requested a future, more detailed presentation on truancy trends. The council then received an update from the Juvenile Justice Advisory Board from Dr. David Frink and Elsie Berger. They described the board’s membership, meeting schedule, public access, annual report and three-year plan, and its role in helping Kentucky remain compliant with federal juvenile justice requirements so the state can receive Title II funding. They said the board reviews grant applications for community-based services, substance use, and early intervention programs, with about $584,000 in federal funds this year and a little over $600,000 expected next year. Members asked about participation, board vacancies, and how to engage with the board, and the presenters emphasized the importance of statewide representation and community input. The Department of Juvenile Justice then provided a broader update through Commissioner Randy White and Deputy Secretary Mona Wamik. White said DJJ is under an ongoing U.S. Department of Justice investigation focused on conditions in detention facilities, including use of force, isolation, abuse, mental health care, and special education, and said the department has cooperated with repeated information requests and site visits. He also reviewed recent legislative and administrative changes, including 2023 Senate Bill 162, regional detention planning, facility segregation requirements, staffing and salary investments, improved staffing levels, reduced mental health vacancies, and training efforts related to security threat groups. He said DJJ has made progress but continues to work on staffing, safety, and facility improvements.