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• Domestic Violence, Californians United for Responsible Budget, Transitions Clinic Network, Center on Juvenile
• Matt was residing in the youth shelter, and the county welfare agency did not recommend opening a juvenile
• They play an important role in child welfare, behavioral health, and juvenile justice systems.
• They play an important role in child welfare, behavioral health, and juvenile justice systems.
• I turned myself in to Juvenile Hall, and Rancho accepted me back.

Committee: House Human Services

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• This bill will give particularly military dependents, juveniles, the opportunity, if they get in legal
• Is it only regarding juvenile law? Representative Maney, you're recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
• Federal court doesn't have a juvenile program.
• They have a young adult offender program, but not a juvenile program.
• This bill is designed to keep juveniles from getting federal criminal records.

Summary: The House opened with prayer, a moment of silence for the Reverend Jesse Jackson and Joseph Di Alessandro, the Pledge of Allegiance, and announcements confirming a quorum. Members also adopted the special order report and recognized several guests in the gallery, including former Speaker Dan Webster and law enforcement and civic visitors. The chamber then moved through a long special-order calendar of bills, mostly on third reading, with several measures passing unanimously or by wide margins. Among the bills considered were measures on civil procedure and estates, including C.S. HB 1407 on commencement of civil actions, HB 895 on trustee settlement and discharge, C.S. HB 1337 on estates, HB 131 on curators of estates, and C.S. HB 351 on concurrent legislative jurisdiction over military installations. The House also passed C.S. HB 441 on conservation lands, which would lengthen notice and increase transparency for land swaps involving conservation property, and C.S. CS HB 919 on commercial service airports, which created a statutory definition for major airports and preempted local naming authority for several airports. HB 919 drew extensive debate over the proposed naming of Palm Beach International Airport after President Donald J. Trump, with amendments to delay or alter the naming failing before the bill passed. Other bills approved included HB 409 requiring K-12 schools to observe Veterans Day, CS HB 461 allowing certain students to volunteer at polling places for community service hours, CS HB 1115 creating grants for genetic counseling education, HB 569 revising forensic client services, CS HB 505 regulating virtual currency kiosks to address fraud, and HB 271 on foreign and alien bail bond insurers. The House also passed HB 191 on re-employment assistance eligibility verification after extended questioning about its effects on benefits, appeals, and suitable work standards. One bill, CS HB 243 on electric bicycles, was temporarily postponed, and CS HB 1073 on school districts was also postponed.

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• Is it only regarding juvenile law? Representative Maney, you're recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
• Federal court doesn't have a juvenile program.
• They have a young adult offender program, but not a juvenile program.
• This bill is designed to keep juveniles from getting federal criminal records.
• or administer the juvenile case in state court, be able to have jurisdiction because they're still in

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• In current law, there are only two exceptions for resentencing and recall of juveniles who have been
• I'm Marissa Harris, a professor and clinic director at Loyola Law School Center for Juvenile Law and
• The people contemplated in this bill are juveniles, so people under the age of 18 who were sentenced
• The recall and resentencing law in California was enacted to allow juveniles who have been sentenced
• The recall and resentencing law in California was enacted to allow juveniles who have been sentenced

Summary: The Assembly Standing Committee on Public Safety met with several bills on the agenda, beginning with AB 1741 by Assembly Member Pacheco, which would allow felony prosecution of sexual battery committed during a residential break-in. Supporters, including Riverside County prosecutors and victim services staff, said current law leaves some home-invasion sexual assaults as misdemeanors when intent to commit another felony cannot be proven; opponents from public defender and civil liberties groups argued the bill was unnecessary, vague, and overbroad. After discussion, the committee passed AB 1741 to Appropriations as amended. The committee then heard AB 1701 by Assembly Member DeMaio, which would bar recall and resentencing for juveniles convicted of school shootings. Supporters framed it as a narrow public-safety measure in response to the Santana High School shooting and the potential resentencing of the shooter; opponents argued it was overly broad, ineffective as deterrence, and inconsistent with juvenile rehabilitation principles. The committee ultimately voted the bill out to Appropriations, but it later failed on the final roll call when members added on their positions. AB 1743 by Assembly Member Wix proposed allowing local governments, state agencies, and higher education institutions to request firearm trace data from DOJ for research and policy purposes. Supporters said the data could help identify trafficking patterns and inform evidence-based gun violence prevention, while opponents said trace data only shows the first lawful retail sale and could mislead policymakers or burden DOJ. The bill was passed to Appropriations. AB 1716 by Assembly Member Stefani, supported by UC and victim advocates, would let CalVCB reimburse tuition costs for college students whose education is disrupted by sexual violence; it passed to Appropriations after a strong debate over victim compensation. AB 1667 by Assembly Member Burner, adding fentanyl to the serious felony list for furnishing to a minor, also passed after emotional testimony from a bereaved parent and law enforcement support, despite opposition from drug policy and civil liberties groups. The committee adopted a consent calendar including AB 1549, AB 1681, AB 1723, and AB 1737, while AB 1538 and AB 1727 were pulled by their authors. In the final tally, AB 1701 and AB 1723 failed on the floor add-on roll call, while AB 1716, AB 1741, AB 1743, and AB 1667 advanced.

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• equipment requirements; SB 1047, National Guard active duty requirements; SB 1048, appropriation, juvenile
• SB 1088, appropriation, Arizona homeless security cybersecurity; SB 1089, technical correction, juvenile
• SB 1089, technical correction, juvenile court records; SB 1090, savings loans technical correction; SB

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• requiring background checks for staff, volunteers, as well as contractors that will be in contact with juveniles
• All juveniles deserve the same protections. ... protections regardless of being in a secured facility
• When you look at these RTCs, these juvenile facilities, and group homes, if you actually consider the

Bills: HB2646 , HB3941 , HB5153 , HB5155 , HB5394 , HB 1106 , HB426 , HB4529 , HB3984 , HB4273 , HB 1097 , HB3940 , HB1941 , HB4377 , HB3153

Committee: House Human Services

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• threshold for the mobile home property tax exemption, modifying the process for the collection of delinquent
• And currently in Colorado, through the tax lien process, if you're delinquent on your property taxes,
• And currently in Colorado, through the tax lien process, if you're delinquent on your property taxes,
• And currently in Colorado, through the tax lien process, if you're delinquent on your property taxes,

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• With California's legislative support, we have seen improvement in how children in the juvenile courts
• county social worker does not respond to their self-petition and gives the court discretion to open a juvenile
• Advocates believe that because Matt was residing at the shelter, the county did not commence the juvenile
• Because he was allowed to stay for up to 90 days, the county did not commence the juvenile dependency
• So I did a lot of work in the juvenile court, both in terms of the 300 and 600 petitions.

Committee: Senate Judiciary

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• Judges of the juvenile and probation officers need training and clear referral options so we are not
• ><00:26:03.760><c> the</c> training um people who work in the training um people who work in the juvenile
• prison system and uh we are juvenile prison system and uh we are actually<00:26:07.920><c> asked</c>
• Judges of the juvenile is so important.
• Judges of the juvenile and<00:27:59.400><c> probation</c><00:28:00.040><c> officers</c><00:28:00.840>

Bills: HCR18 , HCR32 , HCR35 , HCR105 , HCR173

Committee: House Health

Summary: The committee heard testimony on SCR 21 SD1, which asks Hawaii Health Systems Corporation’s East Hawaii Regional Health Care System to study the feasibility of a rural health clinic or similar access point for the Volcano community. Testimony in strong support came from HHSC representatives, Volcano residents, the Volcano Health Collaborative, the Rotary Club of Volcano, and others, who said the area has a clear need and that local primary and urgent care would align with regional plans. HHSC said it had already looked at the area, found no suitable temporary buildings, and would need a longer-term, capital-intensive solution, but that the study could help accelerate next steps. The committee then took up SCR 50 SD1, proposing a Hawaii Health Plan Working Group to design a basic affordable health plan for residents. Dr. Jack Lewin of SHIPTA said the state faces a growing uninsured population and argued for a short-term, lower-cost plan focused on preventive and primary care, drawing on the old State Health Insurance Plan as a possible model. Members asked about whether that prior program still exists and whether the working group should include the Hawaii Medical Association and Hawaii Primary Care Association; Dr. Lewin said the statute still exists but is unfunded, and that the group should be inclusive. The Department of Labor and other organizations also provided comments. For SCR 75 SD1, which urges a coordinated interdepartmental effort to reduce fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, Dr. Lewin and others said prevention, prenatal screening, and early intervention are needed because FASD is often hidden until later problems appear. Amanda from Hawaii FASD Action Group said current implementation under Act 192 is still largely a landscape analysis and that Hawaii lacks the infrastructure and specialists for a full system. Darlene Chance Govor urged adding the judiciary as a partner so juvenile justice and probation staff can be trained and referral pathways improved, while the Department of Health said it supports prevention but prefers a broader, systems-based approach focused on child needs and upstream care. The Disability Rights Center supported the resolution and asked for an earlier reporting date. The committee also heard SCR 149 SD1, which seeks an informal working group to address complex patients with multiple diagnoses involving substance use, mental health, or chronic physical illness. The Hawaii Substance Abuse Coalition and Ke Nui Malo strongly supported the measure, saying current siloed systems leave people bouncing between medical, mental health, and substance use providers without coordinated care, often ending up in crisis, emergency rooms, or the justice system. They said integrated residential care and a coordinated working group could improve outcomes and align with federal funding opportunities. The transcript ended before any final vote or action on the measures was announced, and SCR 109 was noted as withdrawn from the agenda.

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• the expenditure of funds for Medicaid claims, appropriating additional money to the Department of Juvenile
• Then the Department of Corrections, juvenile corrections, and parole boards contacted me and said, wow
• Both of these are coming from the dedicated Juvenile Correction Center Endowment Income Fund. used on
• Both of these are coming from the dedicated Juvenile Correction Center Endowment Income Fund.
• Both of these are coming from the dedicated Juvenile Corrections Center Endowment Income Fund.

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• Most of these claims are for alleged abuse that occurred at the county's juvenile detention center prior
• statewide to over 1,000 young people annually through our four main program areas: child welfare, juvenile
• statewide to over 1,000 young people annually through our four main program areas: child welfare, juvenile
• statewide to over 1,000 young people annually through our four main program areas: child welfare, juvenile
• We know about juvenile brain science now. We know about improved practices.

Summary: The committee first heard Senate Bill 6239, which would require civil arbitration for tort claims against the state and its subdivisions before trial. Staff explained current tort-claim procedures and said the bill would apply arbitration to claims of any dollar amount, with a fiscal note pending. The sponsor said Washington’s liability exposure is unusually high and argued the bill would promote early resolution without limiting jury trials, damage caps, or attorney fees. Members asked who pays for arbitration and whether trial rights are preserved; staff said costs are generally split and the bill preserves a jury trial de novo. Testimony on SB 6239 was sharply divided. Counties, cities, school districts, risk pools, and some public-safety groups supported the bill, saying rising liability and insurance costs are straining budgets and threatening core services. Opponents included trial lawyers, legal aid groups, victim advocates, journalists, and survivors of abuse, who argued the bill would create barriers to justice, delay relief, increase costs for claimants, reduce transparency, and retraumatize survivors by forcing private arbitration before a public trial. Several witnesses said the bill was too broad because it would cover employment, contract, and other claims, not just torts involving abuse or negligence. After public testimony closed, the committee noted the large number of sign-ins, with far more in opposition than in support. The committee then took up Senate Bill 6074, which would reinstate parole for certain felony offenses committed on or after July 1, 2027, allow eligible incarcerated people to petition the Indeterminate Sentence Review Board after serving 60% of their sentence, and create a parole implementation work group. Supporters said it would recognize rehabilitation and improve reentry, while some witnesses raised concerns about the bill’s prospective-only application, the 60% threshold, and the need to address racial disparities and parole criteria more fully. The sponsor said the parole bill was paired with tort-liability reform because criminal justice reform advocates have said liability changes are needed to restore parole in Washington.

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• of were already brought up and mentioned today, but I also want to speak more broadly about the juvenile
• Let's be clear that the juvenile justice system in Texas is already overburdened, and so is TDCJ.
• And if it's young adults and juveniles that it's affecting, you're basically making a decision for the
• And You think when you do stuff as a juvenile it's going to stay, you being a juvenile, but trust me,
• Um, I do just want to bring to y'all's attention that the state of the juvenile justice system is already

Bills: HB268 , HB305 , HB307 , HB380 , HB548 , HB727 , HB268 , HB305 , HB307

Committee: House Criminal Jurisprudence

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• Supreme Court precedent, and how Michigan law in the past allowed for mandatory life sentences for juveniles
• Michigan law in the past allowed for mandatory life sentences for juveniles, but the Supreme Court has
• have with it is that when I look at the language, what I read is a bill that is now going to treat juvenile
• that hard to find people who were charged that yes, under the law and the court precedent, they're juveniles

Summary: The Senate met with 27 members present and a quorum, opened with an invocation and the Pledge of Allegiance, and then moved through a series of motions, recesses, and introductions of bills. Several new bills were read and referred, including measures affecting the Income Tax Act, Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act, public utilities, nondisclosure agreements, data centers and community benefit agreements, zoning, Medicaid false claims, and the Neighborhood Enterprise Zone Act, with referrals mainly to finance, energy and environment, and housing and human services committees. In the Committee of the Whole, Senate Bills 592, 49, and 50 were reported without amendment and advanced. On third reading, the Senate passed Senate Bills 900, 820, 966, 967, 968, 973, 974, 975, 976, 977, and 978. SB 900 dealt with the Vehicle Code, SB 820 with election law, SB 966 and SBs 974-978 with housing and insurance-related changes, and SB 967 with the Income Tax Act. SB 966, 967, 973, 974, 975, 976, 977, and 978 all passed on 20-16 votes, while SB 900 passed 35-1. Senate Bill 973, creating a state-based health insurance exchange as a nonprofit corporation, drew the most debate. Senators Weber, Lindsay, and Halk offered amendments, all of which were defeated after recorded votes; Weber argued for cost controls and consumer savings, while supporters said the bill would give Michigan more control over health care decisions and could lower premiums. Senator Irwin spoke in support of the housing-related package, saying it would help address the state’s housing shortage. Senate Bill 592, concerning the Corrections Code, was also passed after a 31-5 vote, with Senator Lindsay explaining his no vote as concern about how the bill treats juvenile offenders. The Senate also adopted Senate Resolution 133, urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture to honor commitments to Michigan farmers participating in the Rural Energy for America Program. Senator McCann supported the resolution, citing farm losses from federal rollbacks, while Senator McBroom gave a strong no-vote explanation criticizing state energy policy and the resolution’s framing. The session ended with remarks recognizing Juneteenth and an anecdotal bipartisan exchange between senators before the chamber adjourned until June 23 at 10:00 a.m.

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• other thing I'd bring up that once again did not get done this session is any meaningful reform on juvenile
• meaningful tools to maintain population at a safe level and get after the real mission when it comes to juvenile
• am going to, although I don't know that there's a clear path, I am going to bring up the issue of juvenile
• If I could, Senator Braun, you mentioned two issues, juvenile rehabilitation and I think tort reform.

Summary: Senate and House Republican leaders used the weekly media availability to criticize the Democratic majority’s budget and tax proposals, framing the session around affordability and fiscal restraint. They said the operating budgets rely on unsustainable one-time money, rainy day funds, and an income tax proposal they argued is unconstitutional and likely to drive businesses and wealthy residents out of Washington. They also said House and Senate Republicans offered budget amendments aimed at property tax relief, restoring money to public works, and reducing reliance on new taxes, but those efforts were rejected. The lawmakers also highlighted several bills they said failed to advance, including juvenile rehabilitation reforms, child endangerment/child fatality reporting measures, and tort reform. Braun said he plans to raise those issues, along with the income tax and budget concerns, in a meeting with the governor, and asked whether the governor would veto the income tax if his conditions are not met. Connors and Abbarno added that Republicans are still working with some Democrats, including on a constitutional amendment approach to any income tax, but said the majority is moving too quickly and without adequate safeguards. Other topics included the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on California transgender policies, which Republicans described as a win for parents’ rights and potentially relevant to Washington school policy, and a House bill affecting data centers, which they opposed as harmful to jobs, energy innovation, and local tax bases. They also criticized additional taxes under consideration, such as nicotine, prescription drug, bag, bottle, and data-center-related taxes, arguing these would worsen affordability. The session ended with Republicans saying they had little influence in the budget conference process and vowing to keep fighting the income tax and other tax increases through the final days of the session.

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• They can stay in freshwater for a certain amount of time growing to, say, a juvenile.
• And so when you get a flood in a leveed system like that, those redds, those nests, and those juveniles
• And so when you get a flood in a levied system like that, those reds, those nests, and those juveniles
• waters of the state without those waters being properly screened to prevent the entrainment of those juvenile

Committee: House Capital Budget

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• If you'll look first at Tab 1, Tab 1 is Matthew Walsh, who is Secretary of Juvenile Justice and is appearing
• I'm the Secretary of DJJ, the Department of Juvenile Justice. My journey to DJJ really began...
• They are called juvenile detention officers and juvenile probation officers, but they are not recognized

Committee: Senate Ethics and Elections

Summary: The Committee on Ethics and Elections met to consider several gubernatorial appointees, beginning with Matthew Walsh, Secretary of Juvenile Justice, for confirmation. Walsh outlined his law enforcement background, social work training, and priorities at DJJ, including staff wellness, seeking statutory recognition and training standards for juvenile detention and probation officers, and increasing bed capacity so adjudicated youth can move from detention into residential programming sooner. Members asked about the impact of detention “dead time” and the need for more beds; Walsh said DJJ is evaluating ways to let youth begin programming earlier while in detention. Public support was noted, and the committee voted unanimously to confirm Walsh and forward his nomination to the full Senate. The committee then heard from Tina Vidal-Duarte, nominee to the Florida Atlantic University Board of Trustees. She described her business background, service on multiple boards, and prior service on FAU’s board pending confirmation, emphasizing governance, accountability, and strategic planning. Senators questioned her about FAU’s handling of faculty social media controversies, the university’s relationship with its new president, student and faculty engagement, AI planning, diversity, and her role on the Hope Florida board and with CDR Health’s state contracts, including work related to the Everglades detention center. Public testimony included strong opposition from one speaker who criticized her ties to state contracts and Hope Florida, while another senator spoke in support, citing her community service and business experience. The committee voted 5-2 to confirm her, with Senators Polsky and Bernard voting no. Afterward, the committee considered the remaining nominees in Tabs 2 through 15, excluding Tab 10, en bloc. No separate votes were requested, and the committee approved the group of nominees by voice roll call to be forwarded to the full Senate. The meeting then concluded with no further business.

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• I come from the juvenile space, and we always talk about this because the number of young people in the
• juvenile justice system is small, but they're part of a larger group of young people that are disconnected
• And then, like Nina was talking about the juvenile system, well, they graduate sometimes and move on
• Well, they just didn't do it. ...they just didn't do it, like a parent in a dependency case in juvenile

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• He was a former judge at the Suffolk Juvenile Court and one of the founding members of the BC Law Black
• in Roxbury, as the MECO coordinator in Melrose, a public defender in Boston, and a chief of the juvenile
• He was a former judge at the Suffolk Juvenile Court and one of the founding members, the BC Law Black
• children in Roxbury, as the MECO coordinator in Melrose, a public defender in Boston and a chief of the juvenile
• division of the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office. the chief of the juvenile division of the

Summary: The House took up several procedural orders early in the session, including extending the reporting deadline for the Housing Committee on H.4655 and suspending Joint Rule 12 for a petition seeking to rescind prior Article 5 constitutional convention applications. It then advanced three Ways and Means bills on education-related topics: personal financial literacy education (H.4670), expanded access to the state seal of biliteracy (H.4671), and teacher preparation and student literacy (H.4672), each moving through amendment adoption and third reading or engrossment procedures. A major portion of the meeting focused on H.4670, which would require personal financial literacy instruction in middle and high school and establish a financial literacy trust fund for curriculum and teacher training. Members spoke in support, emphasizing budgeting, credit, student loans, and long-term financial planning, and the bill passed to be engrossed by a 154-0 roll call. H.4671, which broadens access to the seal of biliteracy for students in public and private schools, also drew support and passed to be engrossed 155-0. The most extensive debate centered on H.4672, a literacy bill requiring evidence-based reading instruction, DESE-approved curricula or approved local alternatives, screening and progress monitoring, professional development, and related implementation measures. Members described concerns about declining reading scores and argued for a shift away from three-cueing toward phonics-based, science-of-reading approaches. Several amendments were considered: a proposal to change intervention language from “significantly” to “at risk of falling behind” failed, while amendments adding funding language, stakeholder collaboration, and other implementation details were adopted. One amendment clarifying that pictures may be used as a supplement in literacy curricula was also adopted, and the bill ultimately passed to be engrossed 155-0. The House also observed moments of silence for former Judge Leslie Harris, former Representative Mark Carron, and former Representative Dennis Rosa, and adjourned to meet the next day at 11 a.m.

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• This led to multiple juvenile overdoses and the deaths of three students.
• connection to this case, and over the course of the investigation, officers made roughly 40 adult and juvenile
• Since 2020, we have arrested 385 adults and 26 juveniles for fentanyl-related offenses.
• have responded to 72 overdose incidents, of which 12 were fatal, including the tragic deaths of two juveniles
• As the juveniles are being approached with coded messages, OGs, and different types of fancy advertising

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• court been a few years back there was a court been a few years back there was a court case about juveniles
• and courts being um case about juveniles and courts being um case about juveniles and courts being um
• I've but think about some juveniles I've but think about some juveniles I've worked with I've worked
• they're not set free three as juveniles they're not set free three as juveniles they're not set free
• court okay not disposed of in juvenile court okay not disposed of in juvenile court okay you've heard