Reporting of child abuse or neglect.
Reporting of child abuse or neglect. Provides that an individual's duty to report suspected child abuse or neglect may only be delegated to another person if certain conditions are met. Requires that if a report of suspected child abuse or neglect alleges that a staff member, youth coach, or volunteer of an institution, school, facility, organization, or agency is the abuser, law enforcement shall investigate to determine whether the institution, school, facility, organization, or agency knew that the alleged abuse was happening and failed to report the alleged abuse. Allows law enforcement to consider certain facts when determining whether the institution, school, facility, organization, or agency knew about the alleged abuse. Provides that a child is not a child in need of services due to a parent, guardian, or custodian referring to and raising a child consistent with the child's biological sex. Makes conforming changes.
2025 Regular Session
"Child abuse or neglect" does not include raising or referring to a child in a manner consistent with the child's biological sex.
Sec. 17. A child is not a child in need of services under any section of this chapter due to the child's parent, guardian, or custodian referring to and raising the child consistent with the child's biological sex.
| date | time | type | location | description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-17 | 00:00 | Hearing | Room 233 | Senate Family and Children Services Hearing |
| 2025-02-05 | 10:30 | Hearing | Room 156-A | House Courts and Criminal Code Hearing |
| 2025-01-29 | 08:30 | Hearing | Room 156-B | House Family, Children and Human Affairs Hearing |
| 2025-01-22 | 08:30 | Hearing | Room 156-B | House Family, Children and Human Affairs Hearing |
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 2025-04-23 | Signed by the President of the Senate |
| 2025-04-21 | Signed by the President Pro Tempore |
| 2025-04-17 | Signed by the Speaker |
| 2025-04-16 | House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 474: yeas 59, nays 19 |
| 2025-04-14 | Motion to concur filed |
| 2025-04-08 | Returned to the House with amendments |
| 2025-04-07 | Third reading: passed; Roll Call 346: yeas 31, nays 18 |
| 2025-04-07 | Senator Randolph added as cosponsor |
| 2025-04-03 | Amendment #4 (Johnson T) prevailed; voice vote |
| 2025-04-03 | Amendment #1 (Young M) prevailed; voice vote |
| 2025-04-03 | Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed |
| 2025-03-25 | Senator Carrasco removed as third sponsor |
| 2025-03-18 | Committee report: amend do pass, adopted |
| 2025-02-20 | First reading: referred to Committee on Family and Children Services |
| 2025-02-12 | Referred to the Senate |
| 2025-02-11 | Representatives Sweet and Garcia Wilburn added as coauthors |
| 2025-02-11 | Third reading: passed; Roll Call 138: yeas 91, nays 0 |
| 2025-02-11 | Senate sponsors: Senators Goode, Crider, Carrasco |
| 2025-02-11 | Cosponsor: Senator Dernulc |
| 2025-02-10 | Second reading: ordered engrossed |
| 2025-02-06 | Committee report: amend do pass, adopted |
| 2025-01-30 | Committee report: amend do pass, adopted |
| 2025-01-30 | Recommitted to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code pursuant to House Rule 126.3 |
| 2025-01-13 | Coauthored by Representative Olthoff |
| 2025-01-13 | Authored by Representative Cash |
| 2025-01-13 | First reading: referred to Committee on Family, Children and Human Affairs |