HB91
Minors; limiting room or cell confinement in a juvenile correctional facility, report.
Status:
In Senate
Latest Action:
Jan. 30, 2026
Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
Chief Patron:
Holly Seibold (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. Department of Juvenile Justice; limiting room or cell confinement for minors committed to a juvenile correctional facility; report.
Directs the Department of Juvenile Justice, in collaboration with relevant stakeholders, to establish clear standards to maximize the amount of time that a minor committed to a juvenile correctional facility spends out of the confinement of his room or cell. The bill directs the Department to study and consider the ... (More) benefits to minors of limiting such confinement and the impact of such benefits on factors such as the safety of the facility and successful reentry into the community, and, in considering and studying such benefits, to develop a minimum number of hours per day that minors committed to a juvenile correctional facility shall spend out of the confinement of their rooms or cells. The bill directs the Department to report on certain data collected after developing and implementing such standards and other related training and programming to the Commission on Youth and the Chairs of the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services and the House Committee on Health and Human Services by November 1, 2026. This bill is a recommendation of the Commission on Youth. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/01/2026 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102332D
- 01/01/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
- 01/08/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB91)
- 01/20/2026 - House: Assigned HPS sub: Subcommittee #2
- 01/20/2026 - House: Placed on Public Safety Agenda
- 01/22/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- 01/22/2026 - House: Placed on Public Safety Agenda
- 01/23/2026 - House: Reported from Public Safety (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/2026 - House: Read first time
- 01/28/2026 - House: Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- 01/28/2026 - House: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/29/2026 - House: Read third time and passed House (86-Y 12-N 0-A)
- 01/30/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 01/30/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
