Transcript Highlights:

• She felt strong enough about the fact that a child could be being abused, and she was ready to accept
• A suspected child abuse. Okay, and you're on a motion to dismiss.
• A suspected child abuse. Okay, and you're on a motion to dismiss.
• A suspected child abuse. Okay, and you're on a motion to dismiss.
• A suspected child abuse. Okay, and you're on a motion to dismiss.

Summary: The House Children and Family Law Committee opened its February 4, 2025 hearing with a business item on House Bill 553, appointing a subcommittee chaired by Representative Greg and including several named members. The committee then took up House Bill 486, which would revise New Hampshire’s grandparents’ visitation law. The prime sponsor said the bill is intended to address gaps in current law, especially in situations involving divorce, separation, kinship care, and parental substance use, so that children can maintain important relationships with grandparents or other kin caregivers. He emphasized that the proposal was meant to supplement existing law rather than replace it, and said the language was modeled on statutes from other states. Several witnesses testified in support of HB 486, describing painful family separations and arguing that current law can be interpreted too narrowly. One grandmother said the existing statute had been used to dismiss her visitation case because she was restricted while the parents were separated, and she asked for language changes so courts could still order visitation in similar circumstances. Another witness, testifying online, urged passage of the bill as being in the best interest of children. A third witness described a family living arrangement in which grandparents had been a consistent presence in their grandchildren’s lives but were later cut off during a contentious separation, and said the bill would help repair those relationships. Committee members asked about the six-month timeframe in the bill, whether the proposed language would affect cases where a grandparent does not live with the child but is still a regular caregiver, and whether the sponsor had written amendment language; the sponsor said the six-month language was taken from other states’ statutes and that the new language would not change existing visitation rights but would add to them. After hearing the testimony, the chair said the committee would hold HB 486 aside for a week or two while awaiting additional information before voting. The hearing then moved to House Bill 320, an act relative to enforcement of marital property settlements. The sponsor explained that the bill would require courts to enforce final property decrees and would clarify the difference between enforcement and contempt, arguing that courts should have clear authority to fashion remedies and that litigants, especially self-represented parties, need clearer statutory guidance. Committee members questioned the legal distinctions the sponsor drew, including whether the bill was aimed at enforcement rather than contempt and how the proposed language would operate in practice. The transcript cuts off before any vote or further action on HB 320.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> Advocates General crime Advocates child Advocates General crime Advocates child abuse<00:02:08.479
• </c><00:05:12.080><c> abuse</c> quickly and effectively to child abuse quickly and effectively to child
• The loss of our services has a detrimental impact on the way the teams respond to child abuse.
• The loss of our services has a detrimental impact on the way the teams respond to child abuse.
• The loss of our services has a detrimental impact on the way the teams respond to child abuse.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> support from um Hawaii substance abuse support from um Hawaii substance abuse Coalition<00:20:47.039
• </c> minimum wage uh qualify for some Child minimum wage uh qualify for some Child Care<00:41:39.560>
• </c> lived experience in the State child lived experience in the State child welfare<00:51:41.280><c>
• </c><00:52:24.280><c> welfare</c> lived experience in the child welfare lived experience in the child
• </c><00:52:28.000><c> welfare</c> lived experience in the child welfare lived experience in the child

Committee: House Human Services & Homelessness

Summary: The committee heard testimony on several measures related to housing, homelessness, caregiving, and tax relief. On HB 431, which appropriates funds for the CAL initiative and HHFDC, the Department of Human Services supported the bill and noted the Governor’s request for $50 million per year for HMS, the need for more permanent supportive housing, and a technical issue with establishing a special fund in session law. The Statewide Office on Homelessness and Housing Solutions strongly supported the measure, describing it as unprecedented funding for CAL projects and linking it to goals of reducing homelessness and expanding housing inventory. Catholic Charities Hawaii, the ACLU of Hawaii, and the Reimagining Public Safety in Hawaii Coalition also supported the bill, emphasizing permanent supportive housing, diversion from jail, and public safety benefits. The chair redirected one testifier to stay on the measure when testimony drifted to another program. Written support was also noted from several organizations and agencies. The committee then heard HB 225 on squatting. DHS said it appreciated the intent and deferred to the Attorney General and task force members, while noting that outreach on public lands differs from private land, where owner consent is required. The Office of the Public Defender supported the bill and wanted a voice in finding a solution. The Statewide Office on Homelessness and Housing Solutions also said it supported the intent, while opposition from the Kingdom of the Hawaiian Islands and support from one individual were noted. For HB 280, which would make the community outreach court permanent and appropriate funds, the Judiciary strongly supported the bill, describing the court as a mobile, community-based program serving vulnerable populations and connecting participants to services. The Office of the Public Defender also supported the measure, saying the program has helped people move off the streets and into stable housing and that permanent funding would allow expansion. Written support from the Hawaii Substance Abuse Coalition was noted. The committee then moved to HB 71, creating a refundable family caregiver tax credit, where the Department of Taxation provided comments, the Executive Office on Aging and AARP Hawaii supported the measure, and the Tax Foundation of Hawaii raised concerns about duplication with an existing dependent care credit and the lack of incentives for cost control. The committee next heard HB 753, which would increase the applicable percentage for the household and dependent care services tax credit. Support came from the Executive Office on Aging, Catholic Charities Hawaii, AARP Hawaii, and Hawaii Children’s Action Network, while the Tax Foundation again raised technical concerns about complexity and administration but noted the bill adds guardrails against abuse. No votes were taken during the portion of the hearing provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• And one of those things is also we do child death reviews, and many of the cases that we do see are child
• And it happens that 20 years ago, I helped start a child abuse death review team that Mike Trepper just
• And what is the child abuse death review team?
• Look, the data is devastating: 119 fatal child drownings in Florida last year.
• The father was not involved with the abuse and neglect because the father didn't live with the child

Bills: S0018 , S0028 , S0260 , S0848 , S0934 , S1014 , S1102 , S1264 , S1566 , S1622 , S1724

Committee: Senate Community Affairs

Summary: The committee heard and advanced a wide range of bills focused on water safety, utilities, housing, transparency, and claims relief. CS/SB 848 on stormwater treatment was presented as a follow-up to prior water-quality legislation and reported favorably with one support waiver. SB 28, a claims bill for Reginald Jackson against the City of Lakeland, was also reported favorably. CS/SB 658, a bipartisan child-drowning prevention bill for rental properties, drew extensive testimony from child advocacy and drowning-prevention groups in strong support; amendments required rental license applicants to certify compliance and removed local-government add-on authority, and the bill was reported favorably. CS/SB 18, a claims bill involving the estate of a deceased minor and the Broward County Sheriff’s Office, prompted questions about settlement and responsibility but was ultimately reported favorably despite opposition from a waiver form. Several utility and infrastructure measures were considered. CS/SB 1724 would regulate municipal utility service outside city limits, limit revenue transfers, require public meetings, and cap rate differences; an amendment added gas utilities, and the bill was reported favorably after testimony from municipal utility representatives and small-county advocates. CS/SB 1014 would require municipal utilities to extend water and wastewater service to certain nearby residential properties without conditioning service on annexation; an amendment narrowed the bill to residential uses and clarified capacity and grandfathering provisions, and it passed favorably. CS/SB 1102 would allow local infrastructure surtax revenue to fund body camera programs, with an amendment making the surtax authorization prospective and requiring a new referendum; it was reported favorably. CS/SB 260 on electric-vehicle storage in towing yards was amended to focus on storage only and to tie the higher fee to the period before fire-risk inspection, then reported favorably after testimony from insurers, fire officials, and EV industry representatives. The committee also advanced education, housing, and ethics-related bills. SB 1264 would ease zoning and code barriers for small private schools and micro-schools, with supporters arguing it would expand school choice and opponents raising implementation concerns; it was reported favorably. SB 934 on Florida Keys areas of critical state concern was amended to remove a tax-exemption section that conflicted with the Live Local Act, then reported favorably. SB 1622 would provide a one-time waiver of late financial-disclosure fines under specified conditions and was reported favorably. Finally, CS/SB 1566 on local government spending and transparency required online posting of budgets and related materials, and an amendment added utility revenue reinvestment and other changes while removing DEI spending restrictions; the bill drew support for transparency but concern from small cities and counties about cost and workload, and it was reported favorably. The meeting ended with adjournment after senators recorded votes on selected bills.

Transcript Highlights:

• protection case an triggered by a child protection case an abuse<00:23:18.200><c> neglect</c><00:23:
• context, also are often multi-system involved, so a child who's a victim of abuse and neglect may also
• context, also are often multi-system involved, so a child who's a victim of abuse and neglect may also
• context, are often multi-system involved, so a child who's a victim of abuse and neglect may also be
• welfare context also are often multi-system involved, so a child who's a victim of abuse and neglect

Committee: Senate Children and Family Law

Transcript Highlights:

• Jurisdiction in child welfare matters can come in three ways: where a child is living, where they're
• So if we find a child in Carson City and that child needs to be taken into the state's custody for their
• Jurisdiction in child welfare matters can come in three ways: where a child is living, where they're
• So if we find a child in Carson City and that child needs to be taken into the state's custody for their
• Jurisdiction in child welfare matters can come in three ways: where a child is living, where they're

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:

• and then use that picture to upload it for child pornography or child sex abuse materials to then be
• to then be or child sex abuse materials to then be um,<00:21:43.039><c> distributed</c><00:21:43.600
• </c><00:24:35.039><c> sexual</c><00:24:35.360><c> abuse</c> me is the AI child sexual abuse me is the
• AI child sexual abuse featuring<00:24:36.320><c> known</c><00:24:36.640><c> victims</c><00:24:37.039
• like X and normal websites where people trade child sexual abuse material.

Bills: HB0076 , HB0102 , HB0115

Committee: House Education

Transcript Highlights:

• Cases of abuse, neglect, or abandonment are accepted in this bill, so in those cases the child would
• They could be experiencing not only mental abuse but physical abuse and emotional abuse.
• If you are accused of a crime against a child, whether your child or any other child, there is no way
• If your child is on drugs or having a substance abuse issue and they don't want to share that with you
• The main goal is to protect the child so they know when they are being abused.

Bills: HB 118 , HB 388 , HB 114 , HB 205 , HB 2789 , HB 2791 , HB 499 , HB 2960 , HB 3163 , HB 3135 , HB 2427 , HB 1618 , HB 1672 , HB 1722 , HB 1338 , HB 787 , HB 2618 , HB 879 , HB 1126 , HB 4134 , HB 3513 , HB 718 , HB 1536 , HB 1445 , HB 1640 , HB 1893 , HB 1734 , HB 3229 , HB 3306 , HB 1276 , HB 3272 , HB 3276 , HB 3516 , HB 4145 , HB 1585 , HB 4810 , HB 2989 , HB 2558 , HB 3014 , HB 2742 , HB 1695 , HB 29 , HB 125 , HB 145 , HB 171 , HB 255 , HB 50 , HB 363 , HB 116 , HB 491 , HB 1495 , HB 368 , HB 1285 , HB 1905 , HB 2002 , HB 917 , HB 2723 , HB 2067 , HB 1238 , HB 745 , HB 1188 , HB 1606 , HB 2003 , HB 2147 , HB 2355 , HB 2546 , HB 2495 , HB 2818 , HB 2249 , HB 3228 , HB 3240 , HB 1507 , HB 658 , HB 1748 , HB 1851 , HB 1922 , HB 2798 , HB 107 , HB 1587 , HB 3684 , HB 118 , HB 388 , HB 114 , HB 205 , HB 2789 , HB 2791 , HB 499 , HB 2960 , HB 3163 , HB 3135 , HB 2427 , HB 1618 , HB 1672 , HB 1722 , HB 1338 , HB 787 , HB 2618 , HB 879 , HB 1126 , HB 4134 , HB 3513 , HB 718 , HB 1536 , HB 1445 , HB 1640 , HB 1893 , HB 1734 , HB 3229 , HB 3306 , HB 1276 , HB 3272 , HB 3276 , HB 3516 , HB 4145 , HB 1585 , HB 4810 , HB 2989 , HB 2558 , HB 3014 , HB 2742 , HB 1695 , HB 609 , HB 630 , HB 420 , HB 767 , HB 1708 , HB 1404 , HB 2457 , HB 140 , HB 227 , HB 913 , HB 2198 , HB 2763 , HB 1261 , HB 1135 , HB 1318 , HB 2358 , HB 2765 , HB 2735 , HB 3307 , HB 1242 , HB 2842 , HB 333 , HB 201 , HB 694 , HB 2415 , HB 155 , HB 272 , HB 405 , HB 519 , HB 1136 , HB 1275 , HB 1437 , HB 1532 , HB 1675 , HB 1868 , HB 1888 , HB 1990 , HB 2286 , HB 2523 , HB 3129 , HB 3251 , HB 3354 , HB 3479 , HB 3803 , HB 3804 , HB 3805 , HB 3806 , HB 3887 , HB 4163 , HB 4238 , HB 1240 , HB 1842 , HB 2029 , HB 2622 , HB 3255 , HB 654 , HB 4643 , HB 4945 , HB 3611 , HB 3724 , HB 3623 , HB 3810 , HB 4127 , HCR 78 , HCR 12 , SB 767

Transcript Highlights:

• Their children were abused. Their children suffered abuse at the Special School District.
• Their children were abused. Their children suffered abuse at the Special School District.
• Our child is nonverbal, and she has... Our child is nonverbal, and she has thrived at Southview.
• the notion that they would abuse their kids.
• I've witnessed a child in seclusion in that building. I've done my homework.

Committee: House General Laws

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:20:47.360><c> abuse</c> help families to prevent child abuse help families to prevent child abuse
• child abuse um that would be of most<00:21:43.120><c> help.
• abuse prevention grant, the community-based child abuse prevention grant?
• child abuse grant uh community based child abuse prevention<00:37:55.839><c> grant?
• Commissioner, I'm not sure child abuse?

Transcript Highlights:

• This conflates parental substance use with child abuse when, in reality, the vast majority of parents
• This conflates parental substance use with child abuse when, in reality, the vast majority of parents
• So providers have a duty to report on child abuse or neglect, just as everybody does.
• Typo of false information, of suspected child abuse or neglect.
• </c><03:12:52.960><c> So</c> suspected child abuse or neglect. So suspected child abuse or neglect.

Committee: Senate Children and Family Law

Transcript Highlights:

• Section 4 addresses generated child sexual abuse material as penalties there.
• Section 7 adds penalties for transmitting child sexual abuse material.
• Transmitting child sexual abuse material.
• pornography with the accurate term child sexual abuse material, or CSAM.
• I've spoken about arriving in Florida with a suitcase and my child after leaving my abuser.

Summary: The committee took up a series of bills and reported several of them favorably, often after brief sponsor presentations, supportive public testimony, and unanimous or near-unanimous votes. Early measures included PCS for CSHB 1069 on background screenings for athletic coaches and qualified entities, CS/HB 365 on law enforcement interactions with individuals with autism spectrum disorder, and CS/HB 269 plus its linked public-records bill CS/SB 298 on domestic violence and dating violence. The domestic violence package focused on using NG-911 technology for discreet help-seeking, expanding protections to dating violence victims, and preserving confidentiality for participants in related programs. The committee also approved HB 6507, a claims bill for injuries involving DCF negligence, after limited discussion. Members then considered PCS for CSHB 1159, which increases penalties and updates terminology for sexual offenses involving minors, child sexual abuse material, and related crimes. The bill was amended to replace “child pornography” with “child sexual abuse material” and to address childlike sex dolls, and it passed unanimously. The committee also heard CS/HB 529 on community-based care lead agency and subcontractor liability insurance. That bill would remove a statutory liability-insurance requirement for certain child welfare providers amid an insurance market crisis; it drew extensive debate, with supporters saying it would prevent agencies from shutting down and opponents warning it would reduce accountability and leave children vulnerable. It passed 15-4 as amended. The committee next approved PCS for CSHB 277 on domestic violence and protective injunctions. The bill creates a Pinellas County pilot for electronic monitoring with victim notification, raises the victim relocation allowance, strengthens penalties for repeat injunction violations, and adds protections involving military orders and pets. Testimony was strongly supportive, including from survivors, and the bill passed 18-0 as amended. CS/HB 1009 on government publication of advertisements and public notices also passed, after an amendment requiring notices to remain publicly accessible; newspapers and press groups opposed it, arguing it would fragment access to notices, while the sponsor said it modernizes outdated posting rules. Finally, the committee heard PCS for CSHB 1471 on systems of law and terrorist organizations, which would create a state process for designating domestic terrorist organizations and bar public support for them; the bill drew sharp constitutional objections from civil liberties, press, labor, and advocacy groups over due process, free speech, and viewpoint discrimination concerns.

Transcript Highlights:

• They could be experiencing not only mental abuse, but physical abuse, emotional abuse.
• If your child is on drugs or is having a substance abuse issue and they don't want to share that with
• If your child is on drugs or is having a substance abuse and they don't want to share that with you,
• abused.
• The main gist of it is to protect the child so that they know when they're being abused.

Summary: The House opened with prayer, a moment of silence for fallen Oviedo Officer Jimmy Serrano-Torres, the Pledge of Allegiance, and recognition of Chief Joseph Tuminelli as law enforcement officer of the day. The Rules and Ethics Committee report setting the special order calendar was adopted, and the Speaker announced schedule changes for the following week, including canceling the floor session on Monday and starting Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. The main floor action centered on CS/HB 7033, the House tax package. Sponsor Rep. Duggan described broad tax changes, including reducing the state sales tax rate from 6% to 5.25%, exempting certain bullion sales, repealing the aviation fuel tax, delaying the natural gas fuel tax, changing corporate income tax treatment for charitable trusts, reducing the pari-mutuel tax on card rooms, and major changes to tourist development tax (TDT) use. The bill would redirect most TDT revenue toward property tax relief, dissolve tourist development councils, and include related property tax and local tax administration changes. Several amendments were debated: a Driscoll amendment to preserve local TDT flexibility failed; Duggan’s amendment giving local governments 25% discretion over TDT revenues was adopted; Eskamani’s combined-reporting amendment failed; and a Duggan amendment requiring audit certification of compliance with the TDT/property tax relief provisions was adopted. After debate, CS/HB 7033 passed 78-29. The House then took up CS/CS/HB 1221 on local option taxes, which was presented as a companion-style measure to give local governments more flexibility while redirecting TDT revenues toward property tax relief. Supporters argued the bill would provide immediate relief to property owners and restore accountability in local tax use, while opponents warned it would undermine tourism funding, infrastructure, and local services. An amendment allowing local governments to retain 25% of TDT revenues for general purposes was adopted, and the bill passed 62-45 after floor debate. The final item shown was the reading of CS/CS/HJR 1257, a proposed constitutional amendment related to property tax exemptions and assessment limits, but the transcript cuts off before debate or action on that measure.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> abuse treatment system with sexual abuse abuse treatment system with sexual abuse non<00:33:33.159
• What do you mean, financial abuse, or do you mean the drug abuse, the sexual abuse?
• What do you mean, financial abuse, or do you mean the drug abuse, the sexual abuse?
• What do you mean, financial abuse, or do you mean the drug abuse, the sexual abuse?
• </c> of raising a child so whether a child of raising a child so whether a child collecting<01:16:48.560

Summary: Division 3 Finance held a work session to move through five bills before noon, noting one member’s early departure and adjusting the order of bills accordingly. The first item, HB 54, would allow some alternative treatment centers in the medical cannabis system to operate for profit. Members discussed a fiscal note showing a one-time $133,000 cost, which was described as a Division 1 budget item to be handled through HB 2 rather than directly in Division 3. After discussion about keeping Division 1 informed and the distinction between retaining a bill versus funding it, the committee voted unanimously to retain HB 54 for further finance work and conversion into HB 2. The committee then took up HB 547, concerning reimbursement to counties for enhanced FMAP funds during the COVID period. The chair summarized the issue as federal enhanced Medicaid matching funds that were received by the state before authority existed to pass them through to counties, creating a disputed amount owed to counties. County representatives said the money should have gone to counties and clarified the relevant time period, while the department did not take a position. The chair proposed retaining the bill and moving it into HB 2, with discussion of a possible four-year repayment structure in equal annual installments. The committee agreed to retain the bill for continued work in the budget process. During the HB 547 discussion, members also clarified the fiscal and accounting details, including that the fiscal note had not been widely available and that some figures in the note should be treated as county revenue rather than county expenditure. Testimony explained that the enhanced FMAP increased from 50 percent to 56.2 percent, and that the state’s and counties’ shares of claims were affected by the timing of the federal change and the later state authorization. The committee emphasized that the issue was complex and budget-dependent, and that retaining the bill would allow further negotiation and incorporation into HB 2 rather than immediate final action.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:27:58.240><c> Such</c> that a child was likely abused. Such that a child was likely abused.
• </c><00:42:39.680><c> abuse</c> disclosure to call the child abuse disclosure to call the child abuse
• </c> cases of child sex abuse, the provisions cases of child sex abuse, the provisions of<00:43:44.200
• This does nothing to impinge our ability to report child abuse, to report concerns about child abuse
• </c> abuse or suspicions of child abuse and abuse or suspicions of child abuse and for<00:46:52.160><

Transcript Highlights:

• And it happens that 20 years ago, I helped start a child abuse death review team that Mike Trepper just
• And what is the child abuse death review team?
• And what is the child abuse death review team?
• The father was not involved with the abuse and neglect because the father didn't live with the child
• The father was not involved with the abuse and neglect because the father didn't live with the child

Committee: Senate Community Affairs

Summary: The committee heard and approved several bills on water quality, public safety, utilities, and transparency. CS/SB 848 on stormwater treatment and water quality enhancement areas was presented as a follow-up to prior water quality legislation and was reported favorably with no opposition. SB 28, a claim bill for Reginald Jackson against the City of Lakeland, was also reported favorably. CS/CS/SB 658, a bipartisan child drowning prevention bill for rental properties, drew extensive testimony from child advocacy, drowning prevention, and autism advocates who described Florida’s high child drowning rates and supported requiring at least one pool or water-safety feature at short- and long-term rentals; the committee adopted two amendments, including one requiring license applicants to certify compliance, and the bill was reported favorably. The committee also approved CS/SB 1724 on municipal utility services, which addresses outside-city utility service agreements, revenue use, rate limits, and customer meetings; an amendment added gas utilities back into the bill. CS/SB 934 on Florida Keys areas of critical state concern was amended to remove a section viewed as conflicting with the Live Local Act and then reported favorably. SB 1622, creating a one-time waiver for certain late-filed financial disclosure fines, was supported by speakers and reported favorably. CS/CS/SB 260 on electric vehicle storage at towing facilities was amended to focus on storage only and to limit the extra fee period until inspection clears fire risk; the bill drew mixed testimony from insurers, towing-related interests, and fire officials, but was reported favorably. Later, SB 1264 on private schools was presented as easing zoning and occupancy barriers for small schools and microschools, with supporters saying it would help meet demand for school choice; members raised concerns about local implementation, but the bill was reported favorably. CS/CS/SB 1014 on municipal utility service to properties outside city limits was amended to apply only to residential properties and to clarify capacity and annexation-related exceptions; it was supported by local-government and environmental testimony and reported favorably. CS/SB 1102, expanding the local government infrastructure surtax to include body camera costs, was amended so any use would require a new referendum and was reported favorably. Finally, SB 1566 on local government spending and transparency required online posting of budgets and related information, drew testimony from counties, cities, and transparency advocates about costs and uniform templates, and was reported favorably after amendment, with several senators noting concerns for smaller local governments while supporting the transparency goal.

Transcript Highlights:

• child sexual abuse in representation of child sexual abuse in other<01:23:44.960><c> words</c><01:23
• ><c> um</c> taking child sexual abuse material um taking child sexual abuse material um the<01:46:17.880
• work to child abuse uh child<01:48:49.280><c> sexual</c><01:48:49.679><c> abuse</c><01:48:50.400><c>
• 19.640><c> the</c> child abuse allegations prioritizing the child abuse allegations prioritizing the
• </c><02:30:09.520><c> abuse</c> to enhance resources for child abuse to enhance resources for child abuse

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:

• They are withholding the minor child, never reporting the child abuse, and never filing with the court
• </c><00:35:16.200><c> Mis</c><00:35:16.520><c> prison</c> child abuse and neglect and Mis prison child
• </c> Hampshire prevents and addresses child Hampshire prevents and addresses child abuse<01:05:35.240
• child sexual abuse and investigations of child sexual abuse and in<01:15:51.159><c> that</c><01:15:51.400
• </c><01:42:06.719><c> have</c><01:42:06.840><c> had</c> child abuse case Sophia would have had child

Committee: House Criminal Justice and Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:

• Senate Resolution 13 by Senator Dismang, to recognize April as Child Abuse Prevention Month in Arkansas
• Madam Secretary, Senate Resolution 13 by Senator Dismang, to recognize April as Child Abuse Prevention
• And whereas child abuse and neglect remain serious concerns that affect the safety...
• And whereas child abuse and neglect remain serious concerns that affect the physical, emotional, and
• Recognize April as Child Abuse Prevention Month in Arkansas and encourage all citizens to support efforts

Transcript Highlights:

• I'm testifying from the perspectives of both a former DFPS child abuse investigator child death cases
• Senate Bill 1141 will create a procedural judicial check point within the child abuse removal cases for
• all individuals by creating a a standalone section in chapter 262 for child abuse removal legal cases
• abuse investigations.
• I am, it's a simple bill at this It creates a judicial checkpoint at the 262 level around child abuse

Bills: SB128 , SB640 , SB672 , SB904 , SB1141 , SB1263 , SB1525 , SB1528 , SB2041 , SB2306 , SB2308 , SB2357 , SB2446 , SB2695 , SB2857 , SB2891 , SB2583

Committee: Senate Health & Human Services