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HB 279: Luggage for Children Placed in Out-of-home Care

GENERAL BILL by Bartleman ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Campbell ; Driskell ; Eskamani ; Rosenwald

Luggage for Children Placed in Out-of-home Care; Requires DCF to provide certain children with piece of luggage for certain purposes; provides department requirements; requires department to submit specified annual report to Legislature; provides sources of funding for distribution of pieces of luggage; requires department's direct-support organization to receive & use certain funding to administer law.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  10/28/2025	House	• Filed
  11/4/2025	House	• Referred to Human Services Subcommittee • Referred to Health Care Budget Subcommittee • Referred to Health & Human Services Committee • Now in Human Services Subcommittee

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• HB 279, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 10/28/2025 at 4:16 PM

  Bill Text:	PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  S 306	Luggage for Children Placed in Out-of-home Care	Berman	Similar	Last Action: 11/17/2025 S Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Rules

  Citations - Statutes (3)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  39.401	Taking a child alleged to be dependent into custody; law enforcement officers and authorized agents of the department.	Page 5 (pdf)
  39.4011		Page 1 (pdf)
  39.4085	Goals for dependent children; responsibilities; education; Office of the Children’s Ombudsman.	Page 5 (pdf)

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