Bills: HB355, HB437, HB1631

Keywords: juvenile justice, custody, Texas Juvenile Justice Department, detention, legal framework, sex classification, safety, detention facilities, biological sex, juvenile detention, family court, detention orders, Texas juvenile justice, child welfare, court proceedings, detention studies, 1184, house, all

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• Instead, an extended detention period merely confines individuals.
• Extending the detention period only worsens this problem by keeping individuals in settings that do not
• If we address the emergency detention periods without addressing the root cause, which is the lack of
• Again, these cases underscore how extending detention periods without robust oversight can unintentionally
• detention.

Bills: HB 1239, HB1990, HB1748, HB1749, HB2578, HB2986, HB1970, HB3163, HB2733, HB1922, HB 113, HB 1088, HB1938, HB3004, HB2637, HB2960, HB113

Keywords: public health, access to healthcare, insurance reforms, medical expenses, healthcare providers, mental health, protective custody, preliminary examination, detention period, emergency circumstances, emergency detention, legal framework, detention, healthcare, liability, landowners, nonagricultural land, trespassing, public safety, interpreters

Transcript Highlights:

• application may only be filed in the county where a patient was apprehended during an emergency detention
• police officer is called to the home of a patient in Tarrant County and then executes an emergency detention
• application to be filed only in the county where the patient was... ...apprehended under the emergency detention

Bills: HB 1239, HB1990, HB1748, HB1749, HB2578, HB2986, HB1970, HB3163, HB2733, HB1922, HB 113, HB 1088, HB1938, HB3004, HB2637, HB2960, HB113

Keywords: public health, access to healthcare, insurance reforms, medical expenses, healthcare providers, mental health, protective custody, preliminary examination, detention period, emergency circumstances, emergency detention, legal framework, detention, healthcare, liability, landowners, nonagricultural land, trespassing, public safety, interpreters

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• As a reminder, the bill requires a private detention facility to report certain types of incidents to
• As a reminder, the bill requires a private detention facility to report certain types of incidents to
• As a reminder, the bill requires a private detention facility to report certain types of incidents to
• The report for the two law enforcement agencies that have private detention facilities.
• that into their contract. standards on the private detention facilities.

Bills: HB2464

Keywords: detention facilities, law enforcement, reporting requirements, incidents, private detention, 904, all

Transcript Highlights:

• By way of background, under state law, a private detention facility means a detention facility that is
• So my understanding is that this would just be for private detention facilities.
• So, my understanding is that this would just be for private detention facilities.
• I have done that for the detention center and they refuse to send anything.
• We should require no less of private companies running detention.

Bills: HB2464, SGA9305

Keywords: detention facilities, law enforcement, reporting requirements, incidents, private detention, 904, all

Summary: The Senate Human Services Committee heard briefings on two House bills and then took testimony on both before adjourning. House Bill 2464, sponsored by Rep. Ortiz Self, would require private detention facilities to report serious incidents such as abuse allegations, deaths, suicides, injuries requiring hospitalization, and service disruptions to the Department of Health and local law enforcement by the next business day, and would require annual reporting from the local law enforcement agency with jurisdiction. Rep. Ortiz Self said the bill is intended to address delayed and inconsistent information from private facilities and to ensure lawmakers and the public have accurate data. Supporters from Columbia Legal Services, the League of Women Voters, La Resistencia, and the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project said the bill is needed because crimes and abuse in private detention facilities often go unreported and detainees face barriers to contacting police. The committee noted the bill was scheduled for executive action. The committee also heard Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2253, a DCYF request bill sponsored by Rep. Burnbaum, which makes a range of licensing changes affecting foster care, crisis residential centers, and child care. The bill would require immediate termination of certain probationary foster licenses if high-potency synthetic opioids or illicit substances are found, exempt kinship caregivers from blood-borne pathogen training, allow DCYF to terminate inactive foster home licenses, revise crisis residential center staffing ratios, and change child care licensing rules related to attendance verification, capacity violations, and subsidy fraud. Committee members raised concerns that some child care provisions may belong in the Early Learning and K-12 committee rather than Human Services and asked about whether the bill duplicates existing standards. Rep. Burnbaum said the bill evolved from technical corrections and later amendments intended to address fraud concerns while preserving DCYF operations, and he said further discussion with DCYF may be needed. The committee also held a confirmation hearing for Corey McNally of the Indeterminate Sentence Review Board. McNally described the board’s role in release decisions, supervision conditions, violations, and release plans, and outlined his background in community mental health, sex offense treatment and assessment, and his work with the Department of Corrections and the Sex Offender Policy Board. Senators asked about advances in assessment and treatment, the distinction between the ISRB and civil commitment for sexually violent predators, the board’s release decisions, and victim participation in hearings. McNally said the board relies on structured, evidence-based risk assessments, remains neutral on legislation, and provides victim liaisons so victims can participate in hearings if they choose. The committee closed the hearing and adjourned after announcing it would take up a large number of bills and one gubernatorial appointment the next day.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:03:14.319><c> of</c> trial, then they go through a period of trial, then they go through a period
• </c> reimburse the detention centers. reimburse the detention centers.
• </c><00:15:36.000><c> work</c><00:15:36.240><c> with</c> detention centers that could work with detention
• </c> stabilize people in the detention stabilize people in the detention center,<00:15:46.480><c> and
• Could we county detention centers.

Bills: SF0010, SF0005

Keywords: mental health, detention, competency evaluation, treatment, contractual agreements, bankruptcy, hospital, county, healthcare, financial stability, 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• House Bill 2713 imposes a business and occupation tax surcharge on the operators of private detention
• The restriction on private detention facilities does not apply to involuntary confinement at: one, a
• centers like the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma.
• This bill is all about the GEO Corporation, which runs the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma.
• Are you speaking specifically to juvenile detention facilities?

Bills: HB2730, HB2713

Keywords: aerospace, tax preferences, effectiveness, economic impact, state revenue, private detention facilities, business tax, occupation tax, financial impact, 904, all

Summary: House Finance held public hearings on two bills. HB 2730 would revise the performance statement for existing aerospace tax preferences so JLARC evaluates whether Washington’s share of aerospace employment is holding steady or growing relative to other states, using rolling five-year averages and considering sector changes such as commercial versus defense work. Staff said the bill has no estimated fiscal impact to JLARC. The prime sponsor and union testifiers said the measure would give JLARC clearer metrics and better accountability for major aerospace tax investments, while one member asked whether the bill would direct JLARC to make recommendations for improving the incentive. HB 2713 would impose a 1% B&O surtax, starting July 1, 2026, on operators of private detention facilities with more than $1 million in annual Washington gross receipts. The sponsor said the bill is intended to respond to harms associated with private detention, especially the Northwest Detention Center, and to help fund services and legal support for affected families. A remote testifier urged a much higher surtax and criticized GEO Group’s conduct. County representatives testified that the bill, as written, could unintentionally apply to Martin Hall, a publicly governed juvenile detention facility operated by a nonprofit under county oversight, and asked for an exemption. A committee member asked about cost savings from private juvenile detention, and county testimony said regional operation can reduce costs compared with each county building its own facility. The chair closed both hearings; no votes were taken.

Transcript Highlights:

• What I said was, a specimen above a 0.08, at some time period after the time of driving, is... ...saying
• You would have a situation that is done within a short time period, but the judge, listening to all the
• There's always going to be that period. ...of time and so we have science and we've always had science
• To have that many tubes in refrigeration for a long, extended period of time is a challenge.
• Getting rid of the evidence, period, is creating a process so that you guys do have that information

Bills: HB 1194, HB 1221, HB1738, HB1913, HB2177, HB2178, HB2180, HB2229, HB2282, HB2448, HB2492, HB2777, HB2984, HB3357, HB3553, HB3602

Keywords: emergency protection order, protective order, magistrate, criminal procedure, victim safety, family violence, domestic violence, stalking, assault, magistrate's order, temporary protection, court order duration, defendant restrictions, Article 17.292, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, emergency restraining order, victim protection, firearm restriction, pretrial intervention, reimbursement fee

Bills: HB358, HB358

Keywords: juvenile justice, detention, age of majority, jurisdiction, child welfare, foreign influence, political activity, transparency, registration, civil penalties, hostile foreign principals, state ethics, 1136, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Um, where the Department of Health may designate county detention facilities for the detention of mentally
• with Laramie County Detention Center.
• with Laramie County Detention Center.
• with Laramie County Detention Center.
• with Laramie County Detention Center.

Bills: SF0007, SF0008, SF0009, SF0010

Keywords: theft, penalties, larceny, criminal offense, felony, Wyoming, absconding, law enforcement, criminal justice, fentanyl, controlled substances, minors, drug distribution, enhanced penalties, mental health, detention, competency evaluation, treatment, contractual agreements, 916

Transcript Highlights:

• CoreCivic is the largest owner of private detention facilities in America, and their primary shareholders
• From my findings or what I'm looking at here, there is no private detention center in Minnesota at this
• </c><00:22:28.320><c> center</c><00:22:28.720><c> in</c> there is no private detention center in there
• is no private detention center in Minnesota<00:22:29.360><c> at</c><00:22:29.600><c> this</c><00:22:
• facility, having a hundred bay detention facility, having a hundred bay doors<00:24:22.320><c> for</

Bills: HF3611, HF3659, HF3909

Keywords: taxation, income tax, damage awards, sexual harassment, abuse claims, immigration enforcement, taxpayers, file income tax return, Minnesota-source income, tax regulations, detention facilities, gross revenues, private prisons, Minnesota law, 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• The comment period on the matters before us today will close upon adjournment of this hearing.
• This has caused many Texans to be without water for an extended period of time and unnecessary extended
• We would like to address the challenge that we had last year during the period when we participated in
• We would like to have a longer time period to do the locates.
• Period. Representative Propo. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. So this has certainly been enlightening.

Bills: HB206

Keywords: HB206, school district bonds, bond election, voter approval, Education Code, Chapter 45, Section 45.003, Section 45.0034, Texas schools, school finance, local tax election, bond referendum, school construction, capital improvements, election frequency, five-year waiting period, district bonds, public school funding

Transcript Highlights:

• The bill states that, unless it specifies that it's for a three-year or five-year period, like a sunset
• Instead of calling the person over the Detention Facility or warden in reference to rehabilitating juvenile

Bills: HB191, HB196, HB134, HB14, HB14

Keywords: juvenile detention, county management, legal procedures, juvenile justice, county commission, supervision, administration, vehicle registration, disability access, fines, law enforcement, public accommodation, interim police chief, public safety, municipalities, state authority, 1136, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• application may only be filed in the county where a patient was apprehended during an emergency detention
• police officer is called to a home of a patient in Tarrant County and then executes an emergency detention
• application to be filed only in the county where the patient was apprehended under the emergency detention

Bills: HB113

Keywords: HB 113, Texas, Government Code Chapter 1253, general obligation bonds, bond election, voter approval, political subdivision, local government, city bonds, county bonds, school district bonds, capital projects, public finance, bond referendum, ballot measure, five-year waiting period, rejected proposition, election law, municipal finance

Transcript Highlights:

• Sometimes, when you have some illnesses, they can be for longer periods of time.
• It's for a case or two normally and not for an extended period of time.
• I think for a period of time last term or a term before, I might have been the only person who actually
• And then also I'm concerned about being in session for five or six months, a long period of time.
• Being in session for five or six months, a long period of time, that's going to beat up a lot of our

Bills: HB177, HB210, HB238, HB258, HB307, HB359, HB398, HB661, HB705, HB752, HB858

Keywords: court reporter, official court reporter, courts, judicial system, ethics, post-employment restrictions, cooling-off period, two-year waiting period, rehiring, reemployment, contractual services, former public employee, public employer, Louisiana ethics law, R.S. 42:1121, Act 532, lobbying, public service, statewide officials, compensation

Transcript Highlights:

• To support the federal government in implementing this law, Texas needs to establish comparable detention
• clarify the law that yes once an individual has been indicted and or not indicted within the time period

Bills: SJR 1, SB 9, SB 40, SJR 36, SJR 1, SJR 5, SB 9, SB 40

Keywords: bail denial, illegal aliens, felony offenses, constitutional amendment, law enforcement, bail reform, defendants, pretrial detention, public safety, criminal justice, charitable bail organizations, bail bonds, public funds, political subdivision, injunctive relief, taxpayer rights, bail, criminal justice reform

Transcript Highlights:

• After a period of time with the federal government and in the private sector, she returned to Texas and
• granting each House of the Legislature your permission to adjourn for more than three days during the period

Bills: SJR1, SB9, SB40, SJR36, SJR1, SJR5, SB9, SB40

Keywords: bail denial, illegal aliens, felony offenses, constitutional amendment, law enforcement, bail reform, defendants, pretrial detention, public safety, criminal justice, charitable bail organizations, bail bonds, public funds, political subdivision, injunctive relief, taxpayer rights, bail, criminal justice reform, 1185, senate

Bills: SF0032, SF0010, SF0001, HB0001

Keywords: 911 services, emergency response, grant funding, next generation technology, government accountability, public safety, mental health, detention, competency evaluation, treatment, contractual agreements, Wyoming, budget, funding, education, wildfire prevention, healthcare, community colleges, grants, economic development

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• </c><00:38:27.760><c> of</c><00:38:27.920><c> the</c> transfers occur for the period of the transfers
• occur for the period of the budget.<00:38:28.560><c> So</c><00:38:28.720><c> if</c><00:38:28.960><c>
• of the budget occur just for the period of the budget fiscal<00:38:37.680><c> year</c><00:38:37.920>
• House Third Reading Amendment Number 125 makes modifications to statute for the period of the budget
• of the budget for two for the period of the budget for two years.<00:39:38.240><c> Um</c><00:39:38.480

Bills: SF0032, SF0010, SF0001, HB0001

Keywords: 911 services, emergency response, grant funding, next generation technology, government accountability, public safety, mental health, detention, competency evaluation, treatment, contractual agreements, Wyoming, budget, funding, education, wildfire prevention, healthcare, community colleges, grants, economic development

Transcript Highlights:

• And we've built really good partnerships with sheriffs and detention centers in certain communities and
• And we've built really good partnerships with sheriffs and detention centers in certain communities and
• And we've built really good partnerships with sheriffs and detention centers in certain communities and
• And we've built really good partnerships with sheriffs and detention centers in certain communities and
• And we've built really good partnerships with sheriffs and detention centers in certain communities and

Bills: SF0032, SF0010, SF0001, HB0001

Keywords: 911 services, emergency response, grant funding, next generation technology, government accountability, public safety, mental health, detention, competency evaluation, treatment, contractual agreements, Wyoming, budget, funding, education, wildfire prevention, healthcare, community colleges, grants, economic development