Transcript Highlights:

• So, Judge Adam Haney of the East Baton Rouge Parish Juvenile Court.
• Over time, the legislature has eliminated the ability for juvenile courts to collect certain fees.
• When juvenile, you know, the age has kind of gone back and forth on traffic tickets, right?
• We heard from Judge Adam Haney, East Baton Rouge Juvenile Court, for information only.
• Lynn Molloy, East Baton Rouge Juvenile Court. Anything else to add, Representative Fryberg?

Committee: Senate Judiciary A

Summary: The Senate Judiciary A Committee met on May 5, 2026, with five members present and adopted the April 28 minutes. The committee then heard and favorably reported several measures, including HCR 31, which asks the Louisiana Law Institute to study replacing or clarifying the term “foreign” in state law; HB 263, allowing the 14th JDC magistrate judge to handle certain specialty court felony matters; HB 299, clarifying paper filing rules for jury bonds and related payment issues; HB 535, simplifying hospital-based acknowledgments of paternity by removing the two-witness requirement while keeping notarization; HB 571, codifying the 19th JDC’s complex litigation section program; and HB 538, increasing the East Baton Rouge Parish Juvenile Court fee cap from $15 to $75 to help offset court costs. The committee also reported HB 215, raising the small succession affidavit threshold from $125,000 to $200,000, and HB 226, adding a 10.1 conference requirement before requests for admissions are deemed admitted, with discussion about discovery fairness and default judgment exceptions. The committee also took up HB 324, which makes judicial stipend increases permanent and adds a 2.7% salary increase for judges effective July 1, 2027; an amendment restoring the second year of the COLA was adopted, and the bill was reported with amendments. HB 1043, raising the jurisdictional amount in Jefferson Parish first and second parish courts, was amended to increase the amount from $35,000 to $50,000 and then reported with amendments. HCR 6, directing the Law Institute to study forced heirship and disinherison issues, was amended to add reporting language and related Civil Code references and then reported with amendments. HB 1006, changing summary judgment deadlines to give opponents more time to respond, was amended and reported by a 3-2 vote after roll call. Two more substantive bills drew extended debate. HB 1239 would strengthen the presumption that parents share physical custody equally unless a court finds that arrangement infeasible or not in the child’s best interest; supporters framed it as a parental-rights measure, while an attorney in opposition warned it would increase litigation, reduce stability for children, and be used as leverage in child support disputes. Despite the opposition, the committee reported the bill favorably. HB 190, as amended, would create a duty of reasonable care for certain software/app providers toward minors and require expert testimony, while excluding manufacturers; supporters said it was aimed at protecting children from harmful platform design, but opponents argued the proposal was unnecessary because existing tort law already covers negligence and warned it could create new causes of action and uncertainty over whether software is a “product.” The committee heard testimony from the Louisiana State Law Institute, the sponsor, and outside witnesses, but the transcript ends before final action on HB 190 is shown.

Transcript Highlights:

• So, Judge Adam Haney of the East Baton Rouge Parish Juvenile Court.
• Over time, the legislature has eliminated the ability for juvenile courts to collect certain fees.
• When juvenile, you know, the age has kind of gone back and forth on traffic tickets, right?
• We heard from Judge Adam Haney, East Baton Rouge Juvenile Court, for information only.
• Lynn Molloy, East Baton Rouge Juvenile Court. Anything else to add, Representative Fryberg?

Committee: Senate Judiciary A

Transcript Highlights:

• So, with that, we're going to start with the Office of Juvenile Affairs and director, if you could just
• that this budget reflects the challenges that we're seeing as far as having quality care for the juveniles
• So, I think you asked about juvenile Competency evaluations, correct?
• The second reason is we're seeing a decline in juvenile delinquency cases, which is a good thing.
• We're asking for three different people in the Office of Juvenile System Oversight.

Transcript Highlights:

• I was appointed in the year 2000 by Raymond Sanchez to the Criminal Justice and Juvenile Coordinating
• We have the juvenile committee, the grant committee, which is the Grant Reduction Act monies.
• We've come back and got involved in criminal legislation, criminal juvenile legislation, so I'd like
• The overview, really quickly, is that we're focused on criminal and juvenile justice policy.
• The two bills that we do have going this year originated out of the Juvenile Committee.

Committee: Senate Senate Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:

• I'm Christine Simmonsmeyer, president of the Washington Association of Juvenile Court Administrators,
• Due to the over 70% cut last year, juvenile courts were forced to cut staff, reduce case management,
• We are humbly here to ask you to fully restore juvenile court early intervention funding and to decline
• We urge you to please restore juvenile court early intervention funding and lift restrictions so funds
• I'm Candy Shoot, the juvenile court administrator in Yakima County.

Bills: SB5998

Committee: Senate Ways & Means

Keywords: fiscal appropriations, budget, state funding, financial management, operating expenses

Transcript Highlights:

• supervision components of the juvenile misdemeanor, gross misdemeanor, and adult services.
• Then the Department of Corrections counties, they might contract and do this misdemeanor and juvenile
• and adult um misdemeanor gross juvenile and adult um misdemeanor gross misdemeanor<01:30:20.520><c>
• </c><01:30:34.760><c> misdemeanor</c><01:30:35.400><c> gross</c> the juvenile misdemeanor gross the juvenile
• gross misdemeanor and um juveniles gross misdemeanor and misdemeanors<01:30:47.719><c> and</c><01:30

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:

• You don't have to be involved in the Juvenile Justice side. It's a family that needs help.
• You don't have to be involved in the Juvenile Justice side. It's a family that needs help.
• We did not revert any money in 25 in protective services, juvenile justice, or program support.
• I also don't want kids referred to juvenile justice.
• violence and juvenile justice.

Committee: Senate Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:

• She spent 26 years as a Maricopa County Juvenile Probation Officer.
• While working for juvenile probation, she got her master's and she got her PhD.
• She spent 26 years as a Maricopa County Juvenile Probation Officer.
• While working for juvenile probation, she got her master's and she got her PhD.
• She spent 26 years as a Maricopa County Juvenile Probation Officer.

Committees: House Education , House House Education Committee of Reference

Transcript Highlights:

• In the housing court, the juvenile court, and the land court, they have clearance rates of the juvenile
• We think that those will really speed up the juvenile court proceedings.
• Although those 17 include the juvenile court, there's one vacancy on the juvenile court.
• there is now one vacancy on the juvenile court.
• So the one vacancy in the juvenile court is a vacancy.

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Ways and Means

Summary: The hearing was held in Clinton Town Hall as part of the Joint Committee on Ways and Means’ budget review, with local officials welcoming legislators and noting the long agenda of many panels. The main presentation was from Secretary Terrence Reedy of the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, who outlined the Healey-Driscoll administration’s FY26 proposal for the secretariat, including a $1.7 billion budget and a 7% increase over FY25. He described investments in emergency preparedness, hate-crime prevention, reentry programming, technology modernization, internships, and public safety training, while also noting some reductions driven by resource constraints, including cuts to certain grant programs and administrative costs. Committee members also raised concerns about federal uncertainty and how it could affect state budgets and public safety planning. A major portion of the questioning focused on the Department of Correction. Secretary Reedy and Commissioner Sean Jenkins said the biggest challenges are staffing, officer wellness, facility safety, and contraband—especially K2. They described steps taken at MCI Souza and other facilities, including reducing population at the maximum-security unit, changing management, removing metal products and free weights, improving screening and roll calls, adding a rapid response team, and increasing investigative and technological efforts to combat K2. They also discussed the closure of MCI Concord, saying it was driven by high maintenance costs and staffing needs, and explained that savings are being used to improve staffing patterns and address deferred maintenance over time rather than producing immediate large budget reductions. Members also questioned the budget’s impact on police training and community policing. The administration defended the increase in police academy tuition from $3,200 to $6,000 as reflecting true training costs and said it would still be subsidized by the state, while acknowledging the burden on small municipalities. They said the MPTC is expanding regional training and considering proposals such as Greenfield Community College’s. On community policing, officials emphasized uniform statewide training, de-escalation, and communication skills. The State Police also announced an outside review of the academy by the International Association of Chiefs of Police and said the next class will be split into two smaller groups to improve oversight and allow quicker implementation of recommendations. Other topics included ICE and federal immigration enforcement, with Reedy saying state law prohibits Massachusetts law enforcement from acting in a civil immigration capacity and that no state dollars were used in the Tufts-related ICE operation mentioned by a member. Senators and representatives also raised the upcoming FIFA World Cup, warning that it will require significant public safety resources and likely federal funding. Additional discussion covered restorative justice and juvenile diversion, health care costs in DOC, electronic health records, and the need for more diverse and culturally competent public safety staffing. No votes were taken during the hearing.

Transcript Highlights:

• c><01:14:51.120><c> juveniles,</c><01:14:51.840><c> adult</c> youth facilities for juveniles, adult youth
• :15:16.320><c> the</c> department of juvenile justice, the department of juvenile justice, the state<
• So the first department we'd like to start with is DJJ, the Department of Juvenile Justice.
• This department serves as the juvenile corrections system for the state.
• This department serves as the juvenile corrections system for the state.

Summary: The meeting was the first of the year for the Capital Planning Advisory Board. Members were called, a quorum was confirmed, new co-chairs and members were welcomed, and the board approved the prior year’s meeting minutes. The chair also reviewed the capital planning timeline, packet organization, and the list of agencies that submitted plans but would not testify. The Cabinet for Health and Family Services presented first, outlining priorities centered on public safety, protecting existing infrastructure, preventive maintenance, and improving service delivery. Its major requests included a $21 million maintenance pool for 14 campuses and 175 buildings, phase 2 construction funding for a new public health laboratory, an 18-bed psychiatric hospital for children and adolescents with severe mental health needs, and several projects at Western State Hospital, Western State Nursing Facility, Hazlewood, and Oakwood. Members asked about the youth facility’s relationship to a separate DJJ project, vacant buildings, the high per-bed cost of the children’s hospital, and how the cabinet determined the need for the youth facility. CHFS said the youth project would be a separate facility serving high-acuity youth, the cost reflected the specialized nature of the unit and an 18-bed cap, and the broader youth plan also includes prevention, in-home services, and coordination across agencies. The Kentucky Department of Education then described projects for its three state-operated facilities: the Kentucky School for the Deaf, the Kentucky School for the Blind, and the FFA leadership training center. It requested additional funding for the FFA classroom and activity building after bids came in higher than expected, plus funding for a new education finance application system to support SEEK budgeting. Other priorities included a maintenance pool, FFA pool renovation, electrical upgrades, campus education enhancements, lighting improvements, safety and security work, door and window replacements, and HVAC maintenance. Members asked about student outcomes, the size of the FFA pool, and construction cost assumptions; the department said it tracks students through the schools and short-course programs, the pool size figure may have been a typo, and current construction estimates are being adjusted upward because of inflation and supply-chain pressures. The Education and Labor Cabinet began its presentation with 12 priority projects, including a state labor exchange system to connect job seekers and employers, renovation of the McDow Vocational Rehabilitation Center, and a new adult education and family literacy management information system. The cabinet said the labor exchange would help match workers with employers at no cost, while the McDow renovation was needed because the 30-year-old facility has safety and code concerns. The adult education system was described as outdated and lacking adequate case-management and tracking capabilities.

Transcript Highlights:

• Separately, this legislation also creates an important pathway for federal courts to transfer juvenile
• Without this pathway, juveniles are often tried as adults for their misconduct and do not have access
• By allowing these offenses to be adjudicated in the state juvenile court system, we are ensuring better
• Before that, he was a public defender, a probation officer, a juvenile prosecutor, and even that he was
• a public defender, a probation officer, a juvenile prosecutor, and even an educator.

Summary: The Senate began with routine formalities, then took up several final-passage and engrossment matters. It adopted emergency preambles for House Bill 1590, establishing a sick leave bank for Eric J. Iwanek, and House Bill 1024, authorizing the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority to provide sewer service to a parcel in Sharon. The Senate also passed to be enacted Senate Bill 2528, allowing Marblehead to establish fines related to parking violations, and adopted a pair of congratulatory resolutions. Later, it ordered several House bills to third reading, including measures for an additional off-premises alcohol license in Somerset and sick leave banks for David A. Russell and Jean McCarran, and concurred in a gubernatorial amendment to a vital statistics bill. The chamber then considered major committee reports and amendments on military and veterans issues. It advanced a Ways and Means substitute for a bill on free expression and a substitute for a bill on assault and battery upon a transit worker, placing both on the Orders of the Day. The Senate also debated and amended Senate Bill 2503, the EASE Act for military-connected families, with remarks emphasizing school stability for military children, special education continuity, juvenile justice transfers, and use of military protective orders in domestic violence cases. Several proposed amendments were withdrawn or rejected, including tax relief proposals for 100% disabled veterans, while an amendment requiring tracking of veteran suicides was adopted. The bill was then ordered to third reading and passed to be engrossed by roll call, 39-0. Another major item was Senate Bill 2501, clarifying the duties of the adjutant general. The Senate adopted a Ways and Means substitute and considered multiple amendments, including one withdrawn proposal on entry by non-federalized armed forces from other jurisdictions and another adopted amendment requiring recruit training on lawful orders; other amendments were withdrawn. The bill was then ordered to third reading and passed to be engrossed. The Senate also passed House Bill 3388, designating September 22 as Military Service Members and Veterans Suicide Awareness and Remembrance Day. Throughout the session, members also offered and adopted several adjournment motions honoring the lives and service of Judge Leslie E. Harris, former Newton Mayor Seyi Warren, and Anthony P. Dwingnan, and the Senate adjourned to meet again the following Monday at 11:00 a.m.

Transcript Highlights:

• Joseph Dancoff from the Citizens for Juvenile Justice.
• My name is Joshua Dancoff, Director of Strategic Initiatives at Citizens for Juvenile Justice.
• We're a nonprofit advocacy organization in the juvenile justice and child welfare space.
• We're a nonprofit advocacy organization in the juvenile justice and child welfare space.
• There are bills currently in front of you now that would limit juvenile fingerprints, even if they're

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Racial Equity, Civil Rights, and Inclusion

Summary: The committee held an informational hearing on responding to federal immigration enforcement in Massachusetts, with opening remarks from Sen. Liz Miranda and Rep. Bud Williams emphasizing fear in immigrant communities, recent ICE operations, and the need to learn from advocates and affected residents rather than debate individual bills. The hearing was organized around three topics: detention, arrests, and surveillance, with members repeatedly asking what the legislature can do to improve transparency, legal access, and oversight. On detention, Leah Hastings of Prisoners’ Legal Services said most people end up in ICE custody through contact with the criminal legal system and argued that state carceral systems are deeply intertwined with immigration enforcement. She described conditions at Plymouth County House of Correction and Burlington ICE holding as concerning, citing limited medical care, disability accommodations, solitary confinement, retaliatory transfers, and poor attorney access. Hastings said Massachusetts should reduce funding for sheriffs and the Department of Corrections, ban intergovernmental service agreements and 287(g) agreements, and invest instead in housing, treatment, and other community supports. Members also discussed ICE reimbursement, the immigrant legal defense fund, and the need for more immigration attorneys. On arrests and enforcement tactics, David Albright of JALSA said federal immigration enforcement has been expanded by major new funding and incentives, including higher payments for 287(g) and bed contracts, and he noted that most ICE detainees nationally do not have criminal records. He said Massachusetts has one 287(g) agreement with the Department of Corrections and one IGSA with Plymouth County, and that ICE also uses Burlington, Hanscom, and informal local collaboration in places such as Milford and Auburn. Danny Tampona of Neighbor to Neighbor and the LUCE Rapid Response Network described more than 10,000 hotline calls from 46 cities and towns, with arrests often involving masked agents, surveillance of workers and families, traffic stops, broken windows, and arrests at check-ins or schools; he said the network is concentrated in places including Everett, Chelsea, Lynn, New Bedford, Milford, Marlboro, Framingham, and Springfield. He urged legislation requiring clear identification for law enforcement, limits on surveillance technologies, and stronger legal defense resources. On surveillance, Joshua Dancoff of Citizens for Juvenile Justice argued that current state policies allow broad sharing of fingerprints and surveillance data with ICE, including through BRIC, the Massachusetts Fusion Center, and municipal police policies. He cited cases in Chelsea and Everett where children were taken from police custody into ICE custody and said many departments automatically share arrest fingerprints and other information with federal authorities. He recommended limiting fingerprint sharing, restricting surveillance databases and task-force participation, and curbing police and sheriff collaboration with ICE even where no formal 287(g) exists. Members and witnesses also discussed the need for more immigration lawyers, possible bar advocate-style funding for immigration defense, and legislative action to prevent further collaboration and deportation infrastructure.

Transcript Highlights:

• system, including service as section chief of the juvenile section.
• Juvenile justice is my passion and my life's work.
• I was part of, and have been part of, the Juvenile Justice Reform Act Implementation Commission.
• And I am happy, I know juvenile law, there is some confidentiality concerns as such.
• Had you, had you, had this is your first time working at the Office of Juvenile Justice? Yes, sir.

Bills: HCR95 , HB4 , HB244 , HB615 , HB648 , HB1049 , HB1201

Committee: Senate Senate & Governmental Affairs

Keywords: sales tax, exemptions, credits, rebates, uniformity, legislative rules, fiscal report, constitutional convention, Louisiana constitution, electoral process, government structure, delegate elections, delegates, state election, ratification, Louisiana, public meetings, broadcast, transparency, government accountability

Transcript Highlights:

• On line 10, services for released adults and juveniles receives $125,000.
• And a juvenile re-entry services grant, that was Senate File 4205. task force on improving responses
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• c> services</c><00:05:24.320><c> grant,</c> And a juvenile re-entry services grant, And a juvenile re-entry

Summary: The Conference Committee on Senate File 3432 met on May 15, 2026, and first approved a motion to continue meeting past midnight. Members then reviewed the public safety and judiciary budget agreement, including funding for non-fatal shooting clearance grants, a domestic violence task force, services for released adults and juveniles, trafficking prevention for youth, corrections bed impacts from assault and theft-related provisions, increased Philando Castile training reimbursements, and transfers into the Victims of Crime Account. The committee also noted that some items were removed because they had already passed as stand-alone bills, including impersonation of a peace officer and the grooming penalty, and that the first responder uniform ID task force would not be funded in this bill. Policy provisions discussed for the public safety side included a domestic violence response task force, trafficking and sexual exploitation prevention grants, juvenile re-entry services, the Minnesota clearance grant program, the Philando Castile Memorial Training Fund, confidentiality for victim statements to the Clemency Review Commission, the fourth-degree assault amendment for hospital or clinic security guards, the enhanced penalty for theft from a vulnerable adult, child sexual abuse material venue and evidence provisions, and revised language on prediction markets and the Attorney General’s administrative subpoena authority. The chair also said the committee had to make late fixes to some stakeholder-requested changes and expressed frustration about the timing. The committee then reviewed the safety and security budget agreement, which included funding for judicial security, a judicial security unit, security threat response, safe and secure courthouse grants, appeals court and district court security, state patrol deficiency funding, capital security screening and enhancements, legislative protective services, BCA threat assessment and investigation, a security services task force, legislative security reimbursements, and security for constitutional officers. The agreement also included technical court reallocation adjustments and DNR carry-forward authority for certain non-budgeted public safety costs incurred in 2026. After no public testimony was offered, the committee adopted both the public safety budget agreement and the safety and security budget agreement, directed non-partisan staff to prepare the conference committee report with technical and conforming changes, and then adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• to present the nomination of Sharon Shell Millington of Edmond to the Director of the Office of Juvenile
• She currently serves as Deputy Executive Director with the Oklahoma Office of Juvenile Affairs and Most
• Vice Chair Stanley for your support since stepping into this Role, this committee, the Office of Juvenile
• It's been a true honor to serve at the Office of Juvenile Affairs every day.
• I have witnessed firsthand the impact of the work being done in juvenile justice.

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:

• SB 1738, cooking in Al County juvenile services appropriation. ATT.
• SB 1770, juvenile parole eligibility release presumption. Children.
• SB 1778, juvenile sentences of adults. Judiciary and elections.
• SB 1784, juvenile sentence reduction hearings. Judiciary and elections.
• SB 1802, juvenile hearing sentence reduction. Judiciary and elections.

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, attendance, and several guest introductions recognizing Arizona Dental Hygienists Association visitors, deaf and hard of hearing advocacy groups, Arizona Society of Anesthesiologists members, the Doctor of the Day, tribal voting advocates, and other guests. Members also observed a moment of silence for two DPS officers killed earlier that morning. The chamber then received a long list of bills and resolutions for first reading and committee referral, covering elections, education, public safety, health, tribal affairs, housing, agriculture, and other topics. The main floor action was in Committee of the Whole on SB 1425, an elections bill dealing with the July primary and related election procedures. The bill was amended in committee, then further amended on the floor, and the Committee of the Whole recommended it do pass as amended. During third reading, members spoke in support of the measure as a bipartisan election fix that would move the primary up two weeks, improve ballot timing, and require observers in every county. Senator Hatathlie highlighted persistent tribal voting barriers such as mail ballot issues, dual-addressing problems, ID access, funding shortages, misinformation, and polling-place disruptions, while Senator Gonzalez voted no because of the emergency clause. The bill passed 27-1 with two not voting and was transmitted to the House. The Senate also adopted two proclamations: one naming September 4, 2026, as Taekwondo Day in Arizona and another declaring February 2026 as American Heart Month, encouraging CPR and AED awareness. After a recess, the Senate returned briefly to introduce additional bills, refer SB 1315 to Public Safety and SB 1090 to Finance, announce upcoming committee meetings, and then adjourn until Monday, February 9, 2026.

Transcript Highlights:

• We're going to take up SB 1734 on juvenile justice by Senator Martin.
• This bill recognizes juvenile probation officers, JPOs, as juvenile detention officers, JDOs, as officers
• This bill establishes the Department of Juvenile Justice as a criminal justice employing agency under
• Justice Alliance, is waving in support, and also waving in support from the Florida Department of Juvenile

Bills: S0132 , S0418 , S0646 , S0820 , S1734

Committee: Senate Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice

Transcript Highlights:

• relating to the creation of the the Office of Youth and Health and Safety or for the Subcommittee on Juvenile
• operations for the committee on public health HB 2589 by Olcott relating to the chairman of the juvenile
• board of Parker County for the Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice, HB 2590 by Olcott, relating to the
• Refer to the Committee on Criminal Disprudence, HB 2591 by Olcott, relating to the Operation of Juvenile
• SB 2592 by Olcott, relating to the operation of a juvenile justice alternative education program in certain

Transcript Highlights:

• JUVENILE JUSTICE, COURTS, AND CAPITAL CORRECTIONS. THE BIGGEST ONE IN OUR SILO.
• SO WE WILL DO THOSE AND I APPRECIATE THE INVITATION FOR THE JUVENILE JUSTICE CONFERENCE THIS SUMMER.
• SECRETARY OF JUVENILE JUSTICE LAST SESSION WAS ERIK CALL AND WE HAD AB OBJECTIVE WORKING RELATIONSHIP
• THIS WILL BE A JUVENILE ASSESSMENT CENTER AND WHAT IS IMPORTANT ABOUT THAT IS WE ARE CO LOCATING THE
• AND IN PARTICULAR WITH THE JUVENILE ISSUES.

Transcript Highlights:

• Juvenile just care to thank you. Yes. And so at line one, 59 it this is actually one. 57.
• to the potential for frequent placement change due to current or past behavior or Department of Juvenile
• I'm glad that Senator Rouson brought up the issue of the Department of Juvenile Justice Kids because
• as the conversation evolve over the progress of the bill is to make sure that the Department of Juvenile
• And that is when the Department of Juvenile Justice releases children from a new president and they returned