Juvenile Law - Confinement and Restrictive Housing - Limitations

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Altering certain requirements for regulations adopted by the Department of Juvenile Services relating to the placement of a minor in restrictive housing and confinement; requiring that locked door seclusion and restraints be used only when all less restrictive measures have been exhausted; limiting the use of locked door seclusion and restraints to those times where there is an immediate and substantial risk of physical harm to the child or others, or imminent risk of escape; etc.

Every action

8 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

1. Feb 5, 2026CommitteeFirst Reading Judiciary · House of Delegates Judiciary Committee
2. Feb 6, 2026House of DelegatesHearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
3. Mar 21, 2026CommitteeFavorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary · House of Delegates Judiciary Committee
4. Mar 21, 2026House of DelegatesFavorable with Amendments { 593227/1 Adopted
5. Mar 21, 2026House of DelegatesSecond Reading Passed with Amendments
6. Mar 23, 2026House of DelegatesThird Reading Passed (104-31)104–31 vote
7. Mar 23, 2026CommitteeReferred Judicial Proceedings · Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
8. Mar 25, 2026SenateHearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.

Roll calls

2 recorded votes: 1 on the floor, 1 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Committee and other votes

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 11 cosponsors: 9 Democrats, 2 Republicans.

• Gabriel M. MorenoD Primary sponsor · District 13