Bills › 91st General Assembly
Relating to allocations of moneys from the juvenile detention home fund
Sponsored by the House Appropriations (successor To Hf 2315) Committee, 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
- Done: Passes the HouseApril 28, 202664–26
- Done: Senate committeeMay 1, 2026
- Done: Passes the SenateMay 2, 202634–9
- Done: To the GovernorMay 18, 2026
- Done: Signed into lawJune 2, 2026
Signed into law What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Currently, money for juvenile detention homes is handed out based on how much each home spent the year before. This change would give every home an initial $150,000 first. Any money left over after that 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.
Senate subcommittee
Named April 29, 2026. On April 30, 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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