SB 1690: Surrendered Infants
GENERAL BILL by McClain
Surrendered Infants; Revising the definition of the term “infant”; defining the term “infant safety device”; authorizing certain hospitals, emergency medical services stations, and fire stations to use infant safety devices to accept surrendered infants if the device meets specified criteria; requiring such hospitals, emergency medical services stations, and fire stations to monitor the inside of the device 24 hours per day and physically check and test the devices at specified intervals, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 4/16/2025 Senate - Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 791 -SJ 436
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Last Action: 4/16/2025 Senate - Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 791 -SJ 436
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
- Health Policy (HP)
- Judiciary (JU)
- Rules (RC)
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 2/28/2025 Senate • Filed
3/7/2025 Senate • Referred to Health Policy; Judiciary; Rules
3/10/2025 Senate • Introduced
3/20/2025 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 03/25/25, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
3/25/2025 Senate • Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 6 NAYS 1
3/26/2025 Senate • Now in Judiciary
3/27/2025 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 04/01/25, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
4/1/2025 Senate • Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 8 NAYS 3
4/2/2025 Senate • Now in Rules
4/3/2025 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/08/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
4/8/2025 Senate • Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 22 NAYS 2
4/9/2025 Senate • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
4/10/2025 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/16/25
4/16/2025 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 436
• Substituted CS/CS/HB 791 -SJ 436
• Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 791 -SJ 436
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SB 1690, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/28/2025 at 10:36 AM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: Health Policy (Pre-Meeting) 3/24/2025 (pdf)
Health Policy (Post-Meeting) 3/26/2025 (pdf)
Judiciary (Pre-Meeting) 3/31/2025 (pdf)
Judiciary (Post-Meeting) 4/2/2025 (pdf)
Rules (Pre-Meeting) 4/7/2025 (pdf)
Rules (Post-Meeting) 4/8/2025 (pdf)
Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 791 (er) Surrendered Infants Health & Human Services Committee Similar Last Action: 4/29/2025 Approved by Governor 
Committee Votes (3)
Date Committee Result 3/25/2025 1:30 PM Health Policy 6 Yeas - 1 Nays 4/1/2025 4:00 PM Judiciary 8 Yeas - 3 Nays 4/8/2025 9:00 AM Rules 22 Yeas - 2 Nays Citations - Statutes (2)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 63.0423 Procedures with respect to surrendered infants. Page 6 (pdf) 383.50 Treatment of surrendered infant. Page 1 (pdf)