Bills › 91st General Assembly
Relating to allocations of moneys from the juvenile detention home fund
Sponsored by Rep. Thomas M. Jeneary (R)
Topics:State budgetCrime & correctionsFamilies & human services
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 6, 2026
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 10, 2026
- Done: House committeeFebruary 12, 2026
- Skipped: Passes the HouseContinued as HF 2537
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Became HF 2537 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to HF 2537 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Currently, money from a special state fund is given to juvenile detention homes based on how much each home spent the year before. This new law would first give exactly $150,000 to every home in the program. Any money left over after those payments would then be split up based on each home's previous costs.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to allocations of moneys from the juvenile detention home fund (fund). The fund is in the state treasury under the authority of the department of health and human services for the purposes of establishing, improving, operating, and maintaining juvenile detention homes (homes). Under current law, moneys in the fund are distributed to a home based on the home’s proportion of the costs of all homes in the immediately preceding fiscal year. The bill instead requires $150,000 to be distributed to each home. Moneys in the fund remaining after the initial $150,000 distribution to each home are distributed based on each home’s proportion of the total costs of all homes for the immediately preceding fiscal year.
House subcommittee
Named February 10, 2026. On February 11, 2026 it recommended passage.
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part
1 written public comment to its subcommittee: March 3, 2026 (1) · on the Legislature’s site
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