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CS/CS/SB 128: Child Abuse

GENERAL BILL by Criminal Justice ; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs ; Bean

Child Abuse; Expanding the list of incidents or injuries that constitute harm to a child’s health or welfare to include incidents or injuries resulting from violations of child restraint and seatbelt requirements; requiring the central abuse hotline to accept certain reports or calls for investigation for children who do not live in this state; expanding the types of reports that the department must refer to Child Protection Teams, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2019
 Last Action: 5/3/2019 Senate - Died in Infrastructure and Security, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7099 (Ch. 2019-142)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (CF)
  2. Criminal Justice (CJ)
  3. Infrastructure and Security (IS)
  4. Appropriations (AP)


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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
12/5/2018 Senate • Filed
1/10/2019 Senate • Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Criminal Justice; Infrastructure and Security; Appropriations -SJ 42
2/12/2019 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 02/19/19, 12:30 pm, 301 Senate Building
2/19/2019 Senate • CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 -SJ 159
2/20/2019 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2/22/2019 Senate • Now in Criminal Justice
2/25/2019 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/04/19, 1:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
3/4/2019 Senate • CS/CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 3 NAYS 2 -SJ 159
3/5/2019 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Introduced -SJ 42
• CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs read 1st time -SJ 150
3/7/2019 Senate • Now in Infrastructure and Security
• CS/CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time -SJ 188
5/3/2019 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
• Died in Infrastructure and Security, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7099 (Ch. 2019-142)