Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Relating to: funding for the Family Foundations home visitation program for social media education and making an appropriation. (FE)
Children — Abuse and neglect Children and families department of Data processing Organization miscellaneous
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- Law, not reached
Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill provides an increase in general purpose revenue to the Department of Children and Families to increase parental education on social media and its effects on children and parental education on healthy practices related to social media use under the Family Foundations home visitation program. Under current law, DCF distributes grants for the prevention of child abuse and neglect under a program commonly referred to as “Family Foundations.” Under the Family Foundations program, certain entities are eligible for grants to provide home visitation services for parents who are eligible for Medical Assistance and who are assessed to be at risk of poor birth outcomes or of abusing or neglecting their child.
What it would cost
Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs
Sponsors
Introduced by: Armstrong (R) , Billings (D) , Brill (R) , DeSmidt (D) , Dittrich (R) , Emerson (D) , Fitzgerald (D) , Joers (D) , Mayadev (D) , McCarville (D) , Miresse (D) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Prado (D) , Sinicki (D) , Snodgrass (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Udell (D)
7 cosponsors
Anderson (D) , Dassler-Alfheim (D) , Jacque (R) , L. Johnson (D) , Roys (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Vining (D)
Full history
- Jan 30, 2026 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Billings, Joers, Mayadev, Brill, Dittrich, Armstrong, DeSmidt, Emerson, Fitzgerald, McCarville, Miresse, Ortiz-Velez, Prado, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Stubbs, Subeck and Udell; cosponsored by Senators Jacque, L. Johnson, Dassler-Alfheim, Roys and Spreitzer
- Jan 30, 2026 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Children and Families
- Feb 5, 2026 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Feb 5, 2026 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Billings
- Feb 13, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Vining added as a coauthor
- Mar 6, 2026 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 18, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Anderson added as a coauthor
- Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1