Video & Transcript Research : 'restraint'

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VA

Virginia 2026 1st Special Session

Disability Commission Jun 18th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • related to the piece of legislation that I passed this past session, 1229, dealing with seclusion and restraints
  • And in that meeting, I believe, Delegate Scott, your seclusion and restraint topic had to do with in
  • It dealt with the use of seclusion and restraint in schools. Okay.
Summary: The Virginia Disability Commission held its first meeting of the year on June 18, with a quorum present. Members introduced themselves, then unanimously elected Senator Barbara Favola as chair and Delegate Amy Laufer as vice chair. The commission also unanimously approved its electronic meeting policy, which allows limited remote participation and all-virtual meetings under state law. Staff then reviewed a large package of enacted disability-related legislation from the prior session, including measures on disabled veterans’ vehicle fee exemptions, open captioning in movie theaters, guardianship paperwork, service dog team definitions, classroom placement for students with disabilities, transition IEP guidelines, Blue Envelope/Driver Communication Improvement Program training and outreach, deferred disposition and jury service protections, voting rights for people under guardianship, Human Rights Act expansions, a DD waiver eligibility change, and DMAS training authority for autism competencies. Members discussed implementation concerns, especially making the Blue Envelope and driver communication information more visible through DMV and other agencies, and agreed to send a letter and seek a follow-up report. The commission then adopted its interim work plan, with topics including Medicaid waivers and provider rates, DBHDS telehealth training implementation, higher education transition coordination, community-based transitions, criminal justice reform, transportation and parking accessibility, adult-sized changing tables, and school accessibility. Members added or refined several items during discussion, including EVV requirements for in-home caregivers, VDOE participation in transition discussions, seclusion and restraint in schools, insurance coverage for sildenafil for pulmonary hypertension, and a presentation from the Rare Disease Council. Public comment focused heavily on EVV burdens, local government accessibility, and the need for a standardized direct support professional credentialing pathway. The meeting ended with the work plan adopted unanimously and staff noting that future meetings will move to the third floor now that the chair is a senator.
VA

Virginia 2026 1st Special Session

Disability Commission Jun 18th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • related to the piece of legislation that I passed this past session, 1229, dealing with seclusion and restraints
  • And in that meeting, I believe, Delegate Scott, your seclusion and restraint topic had to do with in
  • It dealt with the use of seclusion and restraint in schools. Okay.
Summary: The Virginia Disability Commission held its first meeting of the year on June 18, established a quorum, and introduced members. Senator Barbara Favola was elected chair and Delegate Amy Laufer was elected vice chair, both unanimously. The commission also reviewed and unanimously approved its electronic/remote participation policy, which mirrors last year’s policy and allows limited remote participation under Virginia FOIA rules. Staff then reviewed a package of 14 disability-related bills that passed last session and were signed into law. Topics included disabled veterans’ vehicle registration fee exemptions, open captioning requirements for movie theaters, guardianship/conservatorship order forwarding, service dog team definitions, education and transition planning for students with disabilities, Blue Envelope and driver communication training for law enforcement and driver education, deferred disposition and jury service protections, voting rights in guardianship cases, expansion of the Virginia Human Rights Act, continuation of a DD waiver eligibility change, and DMAS training authority for autism competency checklists. Members discussed implementation concerns, especially making the Blue Envelope/driver communication program more visible and considering a follow-up letter and DMV presentation. The commission then adopted its interim work plan unanimously, with discussion of possible presentations on DMAS and Medicaid waivers, DBHDS telehealth training implementation, SCHEV and VDOE transition planning, transition from institutions to community settings, criminal justice reform, transportation and parking accessibility, adult-sized changing tables, and school accessibility. Members also suggested adding EVV concerns, seclusion and restraint, rare disease issues, and insurance coverage problems for needed medications. Public commenters urged the commission to address burdensome EVV requirements for family caregivers, improve accessibility for local government meetings and documents, and explore a standardized credential/career pathway for direct support professionals. The chair said follow-up work would be assigned on EVV and implementation issues, and the meeting location would move to the Senate side of the Capitol going forward.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

Hearings to examine the censorship industrial complex. Mar 25th, 2025 at 01:00 pm

Constitution Subcommittee

Transcript Highlights:
  • Even James Baker, a former FBI employee and Twitter executive admitted that there was need to find restraints
  • Thank you for showing restraint. I tried. It was hard, sir. It was hard.
  • The Supreme Court held that this was a prior restraint and warned that free speech is, quote, vulnerable
Summary: The meeting primarily focused on the implications of government involvement in censorship, particularly regarding social media platforms and compliance with misinformation standards. senators and witnesses discussed growing concerns over the influence of large tech companies, like Facebook and Google, in shaping public discourse and suppressing dissenting views. A significant part of the meeting included testimonies from various experts emphasizing the dangers of the 'censorship industrial complex'—a term used to describe the collaborative efforts between government entities and private organizations to control information flow. This collaboration is viewed as a violation of First Amendment rights, with calls for urgent legislative action to restore free speech protections.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

Senate in Session Mar 19th, 2025

Florida Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Committee substitute for a bill to be entitled an act relating to abandoning restraint of animals during
  • Committee substitute for Senate Bill... 150, a bill to be entitled an act relating to abandoning restraint
  • I am showing restraint. Senator Gruters, you are recognized to explain this exciting bill.
Bills: SCR5, SCR13, SB3, SB6, SB10, SB12, SB13, SB15, SB17, SB18, SB19, SB24, SB35, SB57, SB65, SB112, SB284, SB290, SB388, SB400, SB402, SB412, SB495, SB499, SB502, SB509, SB621, SB706, SB740, SB815, SB842, SB854, SB875, SB893, SB917, SB974, SB1025, SB1061, SB1073, SB1106, SB1268, SB1281, SB1300, SB1362, SB1379, SB1447, SB1451, SB1555, SB1902, SJR36, SJR12, SCR13, SCR25, SCR5, SCR22, SCR12, SCR24, SB495, SB412, SB10, SB18, SB565, SB372, SB842, SB765, SB62, SB19, SB666, SB707, SB888, SB687, SB706, SB847, SB290, SB13, SB1248, SB740, SB14, SB1006, SB504, SB917, SB925, SB388, SB1902, SB1121, SB995, SB857, SB305, SB296, SB284, SB35, SB6, SB815, SB3, SB1281, SB1379, SB1300, SB1497, SB1499, SB1498, SB1451, SB1061, SB15, SB65, SB241, SB304, SB402, SB499, SB621, SB974, SB1023, SB1024, SB1025, SB1106, SB686, SB112, SB371, SB204, SB400, SB609, SB1447, SB670, SB502, SB427, SB850, SB854, SB413, SB1555, SB1362, SB1346, SB1033, SB1220, SB1073, SB810, SB987, SB1539, SB893, SB447, SB875, SB406, SB509, SB985, SB965, SB17, SB1119, SB1505, SB12, SB24, SB57, SB1194, SB1253, SB1215, SB1532, SB1268, SB1302, SB856, SB650, SB583, SB673, SB840, SJR57, SCR8, SB213, SB681, SB1172, SB1252, SB378, SB610, SB918, SB1343, SB608, SB487, SB955, SB957, SB988, SB990, SB1019, SB1021, SB1120, SB251, SB958, SB535, SB761, SB1, SB541, SB315, SB379, SB1018, SB1737, SB266, SB1415, SB3, SB6, SB15, SB35, SB290, SB706, SB842, SB917, SB1281, SB1451, SB1902, SB12, SB13, SB17, SB19, SB388, SR261, SR265, SR276, SR277, SR281, SR286, SR293, SCR5, SCR13, SB2425, SB2880, SB10, SB12, SB13, SB17, SB18, SB19, SB388, SB412, SB495, SB2425, SB2880
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery

Transcript Highlights:
  • Black and brown folks also face a higher rate of restraints in inpatient units.
  • I'd like to cite for unfair child testimony regarding a sharp disparity in restraint and involuntary
  • settings, it is common for disabled people to experience things like strip searches, seclusion, restraints
  • settings, it is common for disabled people to experience things like strip searches, seclusion restraints
  • One thing. collusion restraints, forced medication, and other involuntary procedures.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The hearing opened with remarks from House Chair Mindy Domb and Senate Vice Chair Robyn Kennedy, who outlined procedures for the hybrid public hearing, noted the committee would hear testimony on 15 bills related to treatment settings, and recognized members present. The first major bill discussed was H. 4200, authorizing a pilot program for psychedelic-assisted treatment in licensed facilities. Representative Jim O’Day and witnesses from Control Z supported the bill, describing it as a tightly controlled, medically supervised pilot with DPH oversight, limited sites, and screening requirements. Committee members asked about the number of sites and whether Column Health still existed; witnesses said the bill contemplated three separate pilot programs and that Column Health no longer existed after being purchased by another company. The committee also heard testimony on S. 1405 to make the drug stewardship program permanent by removing its 2026 sunset date. Senator John Keenan and others said the program helps collect and safely dispose of unused medications, reduces diversion, and should remain in place because manufacturers should bear disposal costs. A member from Boston added support based on local concerns about people searching through bags for drugs, and Keenan explained the original sunset reflected pilot status and industry pushback. A large portion of the hearing focused on S. 1394 and H. 2193, which would strengthen implementation of the 2023 Roadmap for Behavioral Health Reform. The Children’s Mental Health Campaign, Parent/Professional Advocacy League, Massachusetts Association for Mental Health, and Elliott Community Human Services testified that the roadmap’s helpline, community behavioral health centers, and crisis services are important but unevenly implemented. They urged a single point of accountability within EOHHS, regular strategic planning, a public data dashboard, and financial analysis of the behavioral health system and the access and crisis intervention trust fund. Witnesses said commercial insurance often does not fully reimburse community behavioral health center services, making sustainability difficult, and asked for better coordination across agencies and crisis response systems. Committee members asked whether the roadmap includes substance use disorder; witnesses said it is intended to cover behavioral health broadly, including mental health and substance use. The committee also heard testimony on bills to ban aversives and on suicide prevention signage. Lisa Jean Graff testified in support of S. 1394 by urging a statewide ban on aversive practices, including electric shock, withholding food or bathroom access, and other painful interventions, arguing disabled people deserve the same protections from harm as others. Fonda Bryant and Carol McLean supported a bill requiring suicide prevention signs on tall parking garages, describing personal experiences and saying the signs could create a brief pause and connect people to 988 or other help. McLean said her son died by suicide from a parking garage and that signage might have made a difference. The committee also heard strong testimony in support of creating intensive stabilization and treatment units within DMH facilities (S. 1398/H. 2204), with the Massachusetts Nurses Association and a DMH nurse arguing that highly assaultive patients need specialized, more secure units to protect staff and other patients and to improve care. Additional testimony supported creating a dedicated board for licensed mental health counselors (H. 4696/S. 1382), with Rep. John Badger, the Mass Mental Health Counselors Association, and others saying LMHCs are a large and growing workforce that needs its own licensing board, clearer standards, and faster implementation of existing licensure reforms. The committee also heard extensive testimony on H. 2223 regarding benzodiazepines and non-benzodiazepine hypnotics. Survivors and advocates described severe withdrawal, lack of informed consent, cognitive harms, and long-term disability, while a physician supported the bill as a way to improve disclosure of risks. Finally, the committee heard multiple witnesses in favor of H. 2231/S. 1383 to establish peer-run respite centers statewide. Advocates and people with lived experience said peer respites provide non-coercive, home-like alternatives to hospitalization, can reduce trauma and repeated admissions, and may be especially important for marginalized communities; they also cited cost savings and existing positive outcomes from current respite programs. No votes or final committee actions were taken during the hearing portion reflected in the transcript.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Commerce May 5th, 2026

Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • And so I think this is a restraint, a reasonable restraint, on First Amendment rights, because these.
  • I think this is a restraint, a reasonable restraint on First Amendment rights, because these are minors
  • Third, the author stated, and I quote, 'I wrote this down, this is a reasonable restraint on First Amendment
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

PSM-HOU, HOU Public Hearings 04-10-2025

Public Safety and Military Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • make any transition they have the easiest possible based on the legal, financial, and contractual restraints
  • make any transition they have the easiest possible based on the legal, financial, and contractual restraints
  • make any transition they have the easiest possible based on the legal, financial, and contractual restraints
  • make any transition they have the easiest possible based on the legal, financial, and contractual restraints
  • make any transition they have the easiest possible based on the legal, financial, and contractual restraints
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The joint committees heard HCR 66, which asks the State Building Code Council to update the state building code to allow point access block construction for residential buildings up to six stories. Testimony was generally in support, including from Housing Hawaii’s Future, the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii, and OPSD, with one registered opponent. No questions were raised, and the joint committee later adopted a recommendation to pass the resolution as is. Because the housing committee lacked quorum at that time, final action on the resolution was deferred to the housing-only agenda. On the housing-only agenda, the committee first heard HTR 78, which states the intent that housing projects qualifying for credits under Act 31 remain eligible for those credits after the act’s repeal. Testimony was in support from HHFTC and the DIY chapter, and there were no questions or opposition noted. The committee then took up Governor’s Message 592, confirming Lisa Darcy to the HPHA board. Support came from HPHA board members and several individuals, and Darcy said she accepted the nomination and emphasized her experience and interest in HPHA’s work. Members questioned her about the HPHA board’s oversight role, the 10,000-unit RFQ, and media coverage of Kuhio Park Terrace relocations; she said she supports the project, values transparency, and would push for better context and accountability, though some members felt she had not directly answered concerns about on-the-ground oversight. The committee also heard Governor’s Message 736, confirming Grant Chun to the HHFDC board. Support testimony highlighted his experience in nonprofit housing, real estate, and leadership roles, and Chun said he was pleased to serve the state. Members asked about his residence and his perspective on senior care at Hali Makua, where he said his family found the care compassionate and thorough, while noting staffing shortages. The transcript ends before any final vote on the housing-only items is shown.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Session (01/09/2025)

New Hampshire House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • But while we have a lot to be proud of when it comes to financial restraint, challenges are ahead of
  • 43.440> financial proud of when it comes to financial proud of when it comes to financial restraint
  • :16:46.520> ahead<01:16:46.719> of<01:16:46.880> us<01:16:47.360> in restraint
  • challenges are ahead of us in restraint challenges are ahead of us in the<01:16:47.760> coming
Keywords: 1189, house, all
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

House - Judiciary Jan 23rd, 2025

House Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • can require self or professional administration of medication, but it cannot require authorized restraints
  • involuntary civil commitment, for a finding of contempt of court, or for the use of physical force or restraints
  • involuntary civil commitment, or finding of contempt of court, or for the use of physical force or restraints
NY
Transcript Highlights:
  • together through an open and transparent process to enact an on-time budget that exercises fiscal restraint
  • TOGETHER THROUGH AN OPEN AND TRANSPARENT PROCESS TO ENACT AN ON-TIME BUDGET THAT EXERCISES FISCAL RESTRAINT
Keywords: 993, senate, all
Summary: The Higher Education Conference Committee met to discuss budget priorities for SUNY, CUNY, community colleges, TAP, student aid, and capital funding. Chair Toby Ann Stavisky emphasized the need for increased operating and capital support, protection against enrollment-based funding losses, no tuition increases, a review of TAP because it has not kept pace with living costs, and action on student loan access and research funding cuts. Assembly Chair Alicia Hyndman outlined the Assembly’s higher education proposal, including $475.7 million to expand TAP eligibility, raising income thresholds for TAP and the Excelsior Scholarship, creating a graduate tuition assistance program, adding community college operating aid, expanding the Opportunity Promise Scholarship, forgiving SUNY hospital debt service, increasing CUNY operating support, restoring opportunity program funding, creating a $110 million student loan support program called New York Rises, and funding five-year capital plans for SUNY and CUNY plus additional ECAP grants. Members broadly supported making higher education more affordable and accessible, while highlighting district-specific needs. Senator May praised SUNY Reconnect, community college workforce programs, hospital debt service relief, and a five-year SUNY capital plan. Senator Gonzalez framed the budget as an investment in economic mobility. Senator Griffo supported affordability, operating and capital aid, and additional support for medical schools and hospitals. Assembly Members Walker, Colton, and Fall backed TAP expansion, opportunity programs, disability supports, SUNY Downstate’s transformation, and capital needs at CUNY and SUNY campuses. Assembly Member Smullen, speaking for the minority conference, urged a five-way budget process, said TAP has not kept pace with inflation, and called for a more stable long-term funding model for community colleges. He also stressed aligning higher education with workforce needs. Assembly Member Pirozzolo pointed to the College of Staten Island as an example of the benefits of investment and warned that employers recruiting students directly from high school could weaken higher education unless colleges continue strengthening trade and career training. The meeting ended with no vote on the budget items, and the chairs adjourned the conference committee after concluding remarks.
ND
Transcript Highlights:
  • Other than that, I did notice that no child restraint was one point and zero points, which I thought
  • I don't know personally if I think that no child restraint is, you know, like a moving violation that
Keywords: 908, all
Summary: The conference committee on House Bill 1229 met to try to resolve differences between the House and Senate versions of the bill, which deals with reporting certain traffic offenses to driving records and, by extension, insurance companies. House members argued that the House position was driven by concern that reporting lower-level offenses would unfairly raise insurance costs, while Senate members said they opposed removing reporting because they wanted transparency and believed people who break the law should face consequences. The discussion focused heavily on whether the bill should continue to exclude offenses at two points and below from reporting, or whether a narrower compromise such as one point and below might be acceptable. Committee members and DOT Driver and Vehicle Director Brad Schaefer reviewed a color-coded list of offenses and how they are currently reported. Schaefer explained that salmon-shaded items automatically appear on driving records because they trigger suspension or revocation, green items are commercial-driver violations that also trigger suspension, and the remaining unshaded zero-, one-, and some two-point violations were the main subject of the conference discussion. Members debated whether some low-point items, such as equipment violations, no child restraint, distracted driving, and failure to use due care, should remain reportable, while acknowledging that serious offenses like fleeing and human trafficking would remain reportable regardless. No final compromise was reached. Several members expressed interest in a possible middle ground limited to one-point-and-below offenses, but others worried the Senate would not accept it. The committee agreed to adjourn and reschedule after members had more time to review the list and consider possible amendments.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Transportation Jan 14th, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • So at the top, you can see we looked at various in-cabin technologies that included occupant restraint
  • can bring up, without going into too much detail, is there is advancement in terms of automatic restraint
  • least make sure that there are in-cabin monitoring or camera-based systems, and automatic occupant restraint
Summary: The Senate Transportation Committee met, took roll, and heard introductory remarks from members about their districts and transportation priorities, with several senators noting congestion and mobility challenges in their regions. The committee then received a presentation from the Florida Transportation Commission on its oversight role for FDOT, including annual and quarterly performance reviews, review of the five-year work program, and monitoring of tolling and transit authorities. Members asked whether the commission gets involved in project prioritization; the answer was no, because it is statutorily limited to high-level oversight rather than day-to-day project decisions. The committee next heard two reports related to transportation disadvantaged and paratransit services. FDOT’s Melissa Smith described the statewide Transportation Disadvantaged program, its governance structure, service models, and challenges such as fragmented administration, cost, inconsistent reporting, and rural service limitations. She outlined recommendations including better use of technology, regional partnerships, improved training, and alternative delivery models like microtransit and TNC partnerships. A University of South Florida researcher, Martin Katala, discussed best practices for paratransit and demand-response service, emphasizing route optimization software, dynamic dispatching, service standards, vendor accountability, and the use of TNCs and mobility management to improve efficiency and reduce travel times. A later presentation from UF’s I-Street program focused on emerging technologies for transit, including in-cabin monitoring, automatic restraints, accessible booking and tracking tools, and the need for statewide safety standards and better driver interfaces. Finally, FDOT Secretary Jared Perdue and District 5 Secretary John Tyler provided an update on the transition of SunRail local entities. They explained the differences among commuter rail, intercity rail, and light rail, and said SunRail’s financial transition to local partners was completed on January 1, with operational transition to follow over up to three years. They contrasted that with Tri-Rail, where FDOT still funds operations and discussions about a future transition are ongoing. Members asked about the differences between SunRail, Tri-Rail, Amtrak, and Brightline, and the presenters explained that commuter rail serves regional daily commuters while intercity rail connects regions. The committee concluded without taking any formal votes or other legislative action.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Human Services Committee Jun 30th, 2026

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • We're seeing a trend of minors being subjected to... ...physical restraints, blindfolds, abuse, and severe
  • Furthermore, it strictly bans the use of blindfolds, hoods, or unauthorized physical restraints, and
  • checks, unsafe facility conditions, failures to report required incidents, improper use of physical restraints
  • including physical abuse with broken bones, bruises, and hospital visits, and improper physical restraints
  • abuse, missing medication, improperly... ...improperly implementing emergency care or physical restraints
Keywords: 988, house, all
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Senate Health and Human Services (02/11/2026)

Health and Human Services

Keywords: 1191, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Human Services - 04/02/25

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Article 2, Section 7 requires hospitals to document discharge plans, any restraints implemented, and
  • I'm referring to the articles around the use of restraints in assisted living.
  • in Assisted Living uh use of restraints in Assisted Living so<01:54:29.000> this<01:54:29.079
  • Up until this year, the statute 144G was still silent as to restraints, so there's no prohibition.
  • Burke was talking about in terms of the restraints is what bill is that coming from?
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - 03/21/25

Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • agency should take a look at this and kind of put some uh maybe some guidelines or some type of restraints
  • agency should take a look at this and kind of put some uh maybe some guidelines or some type of restraints
  • agency should take a look at this and kind of put some uh maybe some guidelines or some type of restraints
  • when you give this A look at this and kind of put some uh maybe some guidelines or some type of restraints
  • around and how local food restraints around and how local food shelves<01:17:06.239> and<01:17
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/27/25

Human Services Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Finally, we do oppose the language pertaining to restraints at this time.
  • We do oppose the language pertaining to restraints at this time.
  • And just one note: the restraint language didn't make it in, so your testimony was so effective that
  • It was brought into the school in restraints and escorted by two security personnel.
  • and escorted by two security restraints and escorted by two security Personnel<00:47:50.520> now<
CT
Transcript Highlights:
  • basis, I believe it's monthly, we receive this from the Department of Corrections on the use of restraints
  • able to take the last six months of DOC monthly reports on the use of chemical agents and physical restraints
  • and was able to create a trend of... ...chemical agents and physical restraints and was able to create
Keywords: 962, all
Summary: The Juvenile Justice Policy and Oversight Committee (JJPOC) met for administrative updates, approved the April meeting minutes, and discussed a proposed shift from monthly full committee meetings to a quarterly schedule beginning later this year. Members generally supported the change, saying it would reduce strain on agency and committee resources and allow more time for work groups to complete implementation tasks. Several members also asked for more flexible agendas and a clearer way to add issues between meetings, with staff suggesting a standardized form for submitting topics in advance. Work group updates covered cross-agency data sharing, diversion, education, incarceration, and community expertise. The data-sharing group reported continued work on the Equity Dashboard 2.0, a statewide expulsions analysis, municipal-level data collaboration with UConn’s IMRP, and a cross-system analysis of crossover youth. The diversion group described work on POST curriculum revisions for juvenile law, a youth-focused law enforcement interaction training, a community-police relationship toolkit, expansion of youth diversion teams, and pre-arrest diversion policy. The education group is reviewing implementation of the law creating educational oversight in juvenile facilities, along with a free public transportation pilot for high school students and truancy cleanup legislation. The incarceration group is tracking conditions of confinement, DOC restraint and chemical agent reports, the DOJ settlement monitoring process, the reentry success plan, and gender-responsive programming. The community expertise group emphasized elevating lived experience, youth voice, prevention, and conditions of confinement, with members urging the committee to focus on stability, infrastructure, and meaningful use of lived-experience perspectives. A major presentation from OPM outlined Connecticut’s effort to re-enter the federal Title II juvenile justice formula grant program. OPM explained the program’s core compliance requirements, including deinstitutionalization of status offenders, adult jail and lockup removal, sight-and-sound separation, and addressing racial and ethnic disparities. Staff said Connecticut is currently not fully compliant because of issues including youth being held in adult facilities and the state’s six-hour detention rule, and that Title II funding is on hold while OPM works toward compliance. OPM is developing a monitoring manual, identifying facilities to be monitored, and forming a state advisory group (SAG) to support the application and compliance process. Members questioned why a separate SAG is needed, whether JJPOC or the community expertise group could serve that role, and how lived-experience members would be selected; OPM said federal rules require the SAG to include youth or parents with lived experience and that the group cannot be composed of state or government employees in the key leadership roles. The committee agreed to circulate the federal parameters and ask members to suggest candidates for the SAG and to help move compliance work forward over the summer.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
  • Slow Down and Buckle Up" programs, we also have overtime enforcement agencies for seatbelt, child restraint
  • And 346 child restraint citations were issued during those enforcement periods.
  • In Federal Fiscal Year 24, we had over 23,000 speeding citations and 1,500 seatbelt and child restraint
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Session (05/07/2026)

New Hampshire House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • affairs, to which is referred Senate Bill 501, an act relative to authorization of seclusion or restraint
  • Speaker, if I know that current law already permits emergency restraint of dangerous patients to protect
  • they are often the ones doing the treating and in danger, and finally, if I know that all uses of restraint
  • /c><02:06:56.159> and<02:06:56.560> seclusion<02:06:57.440> are all uses of restraint
  • and seclusion are all uses of restraint and seclusion are reviewed<02:06:58.400> very<02:06:58.800
Keywords: 1189, house, all