Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!

Panel approves SB1228 to create judiciary‑housed working group on youth legal counsel

Senate Committee on Judiciary · February 14, 2025

AI-Generated Content: All content on this page was generated by AI to highlight key points from the meeting. For complete details and context, we recommend watching the full video. so we can fix them.

Summary

The joint committee passed SB1228 with amendments to add a representative from the Domestic Violence Action Center and to place a child-welfare branch member on the proposed working group, aiming to implement Malama Ohana recommendations and improve legal representation and timeliness for foster youth.

The joint committees on Health & Human Services and Judiciary voted to pass SB1228 with amendments to create a judiciary‑housed working group focused on youth access to legal counsel and other child-welfare reforms.

Daisy Hartsfield, social services division administrator for the Department of…

Already have an account? Log in

Subscribe to keep reading

Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.

Unlimited articles
AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
Follow topics and more locations
1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat

See memberships

30-day money-back on paid plans