SB35
Juvenile & domestic relations district courts; delinquent juv., mental health/disability evaluation.
Status:
In House
Latest Action:
Feb. 20, 2026
House: Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (10-Y 0-N)
Chief Patron:
Barbara Favola (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. Juvenile and domestic relations district courts; delinquent juveniles; mental health or disability evaluations.
Provides that if a juvenile and domestic relations district court finds a juvenile to be delinquent, the court may, before final disposition of the case, direct the appropriate public agency to evaluate such juvenile's mental health or disability needs using an interdisciplinary team approach. The bill requires that any report ... (More) be filed with the clerk of court and copies provided to all attorneys representing parties in the matter no later than 72 hours prior to the hearing set by the court. The bill permits the juvenile and domestic relations district court, in the alternative, to consider an existing report from an interdisciplinary team if such interdisciplinary team met not more than 90 days prior to the finding that the juvenile is delinquent. (Less)-
Bill History
- 11/19/2025 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101106D
- 11/19/2025 - Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/19/2026 - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/19/2026 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/03/2026 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB35)
- 02/04/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/04/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/04/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 02/04/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Read second time
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
- 02/06/2026 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/12/2026 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/12/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/12/2026 - House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/18/2026 - House: Assigned HCJ sub: Criminal
- 02/19/2026 - House: Placed on Courts of Justice Agenda
- 02/20/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (10-Y 0-N)
