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Senator Reese introduced SB 46 (presented by the Attorney General's office) to create the crime of operating unlicensed group homes that house two or more unrelated residents who receive ADL assistance and whose assets are controlled by the operator; the proposal targets overcrowded, unsanitary private homes and prescribes tiered penalties (misdemeanor up to 6 months/$1,000; felony up to 10 years/$10,000; deaths 5–40 years). The attorney general's office described exploitation and extreme unsafe conditions (locked thermostats, little food, no running water) and said the Senate added an HUD-fed
The Administration of Criminal Justice Committee met April 28 to consider bills on group-home licensure and criminalization, minimum bail for offenses against minors (amended from $50,000 to $1,000,000), prohibitions on AI-generated child sexual abuse materials, expansion of forensic exams and reimbursements for domestic-violence strangulation victims, and a bill requiring uniform reporting and family notification for in-custody deaths (which failed on a roll call).
