SPB 7018: Child Welfare
PROPOSED BILL by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
Child Welfare; Renaming the Step into Success Workforce Education and Internship Pilot Program as the Step into Success Workforce Education and Internship Program; requiring the department’s Office of Continuing Care to develop certain cohorts within specified regions, collaborate with certain organizations and recruit mentors and organizations, and provide eligible former foster youth with internship placement opportunities; requiring the Office of Continuing Care to develop trauma-informed training for mentors of certain former foster youth which meets certain requirements, etc.
Last Action: 1/12/2026 Senate - Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 6 NAYS 0
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 1/5/2026 Senate • Submitted for consideration by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
• On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 01/12/26, 4:00 pm, 301 Senate Building
1/12/2026 Senate • Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 6 NAYS 0
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SPB 7018, Proposed Bill (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/9/2026 at 11:01 AM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Pre-Meeting) 1/9/2026 (pdf)
Committee Votes (1)
Date Committee Result 1/12/2026 4:00 PM Children, Families, and Elder Affairs 6 Yeas - 0 Nays