HB35 Restorative housing and isolated confinement; restrictions on use.
Introduced by: Joshua G. Cole (Chief Patron) [D]

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Restorative housing and isolated confinement; restrictions on use. Prohibits the use of isolated confinement, defined in the bill, in state correctional facilities, subject to certain exceptions. The bill requires that before placing an incarcerated person in restorative housing or isolated confinement for his own protection, the facility administrator shall place an incarcerated person in a less-restrictive setting, including by transferring such person to another institution or to a special-purpose housing unit for incarcerated persons who face similar threats. The bill requires that if an incarcerated person is placed in restorative housing or isolated confinement, such placement shall be reviewed every 48 hours and the facility administrator shall ensure that the incarcerated person receives a medical and mental health evaluation from certified medical and mental health professionals within one working day of placement in restorative housing or any form of isolated confinement. The bill also requires the facility administrator to notify the regional administrator in writing that an incarcerated person was placed in restorative housing or isolated confinement within 24 hours of such placement. Finally, the bill requires that formal reviews of an incarcerated person's placement in any form of isolated confinement shall be held in such person's presence, inform him of any reasons administrative officials believe isolated confinement remains necessary, and give the incarcerated person an opportunity to respond to those reasons, and a formal ruling shall be provided to the incarcerated individual within 24 hours.

11/16/2026 House Assigned House-MPPS sub: H-MPPS Public Safety subcommittee #2
12/23/2025 House. Referred to Committee on H-Public Safety

01/22/2026 House-PS Subcommittee #2 recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (5‑Y 2

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1/23/2026 Reported from H-Public Safety committee and referred to Appropriations (15‑Y 7‑N)

1/26/2026 Assigned H-APP sub: Transportation & Public Safety

1/27/2026 House. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB35)

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HB91 Department of Juvenile Justice; limiting room or cell confinement for minors committed to a juvenile correctional facility; report.
Introduced by: Holly M. Seibold (Chief Patron) [D]

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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 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.

1/1/2026 House. Referred to Committee on H-Public Safety

1/8/2026 House. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB91)

1/22/2026 House-PS Subcommittee #2 recommends reporting (7‑Y 0‑N)

1/23/2026 Reported from House-Public Safety committee (22‑Y 0‑N)

1/29/2026 Read third time and passed House (86‑Y 12‑N 0‑A)

1/30/2026 Senate. Referred to Committee on S-Rehabilitation and Social Services