Reports of Child Abuse, Abandonment, or Neglect

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Reports of Child Abuse, Abandonment, or Neglect; Requiring the central abuse hotline to electronically transfer certain reports to the appropriate county sheriff’s office or local law enforcement agency; requiring the central abuse hotline to accept certain reports and immediately notify the Department of Children and Families to ensure that an onsite protective investigation is promptly initiated; prohibiting the department from returning a child to the custody of the child’s parent unless certain actions are taken and determinations are made by the court, etc.

Every action

4 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

1. Nov 4, 2025SenateFiled
2. Nov 17, 2025CommitteeReferred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy · Senate Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
3. Jan 13, 2026SenateIntroduced
4. Mar 13, 2026CommitteeDied in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs · Senate Children, Families, and Elder Affairs

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

• Tom A. WrightR Primary sponsor · District 8