Bills by subject

Children: Abuse and neglect

66 bills and resolutions. 18 became law, 1 was vetoed, and 21 never got a public hearing. They span 3 sessions, from the 2009–10 session to the 2025–26 session.

This is the Legislature's own subject heading, not our category, so a bill is here only if the Legislature filed it under this term. Each count comes from the bill's official history.

Latest activity

The 5 bills on this subject with the newest recorded action.

SB 45 State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law. Last action May 13, 2026
SB 432 Mandatory reporting requirements and referring cases of threatened or suspected child abuse to law enforcement. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor. Last action May 13, 2026
AB 156 Requiring child sexual abuse prevention education. (FE)
Passed the Assembly, then stopped. Last action Mar 23, 2026
AB 233 Grants to child advocacy centers. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted. Last action Mar 23, 2026
AB 244 Posting the child abuse and neglect reporting hotline in school buildings. (FE)
Stopped in committee. Last action Mar 23, 2026

Every bill on this subject

2025–26 session: 15

Mar 23, 2026
AB 156: Requiring child sexual abuse prevention education. (FE)
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 233: Grants to child advocacy centers. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 244: Posting the child abuse and neglect reporting hotline in school buildings. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 252: The notice of an investigation of child abuse or neglect or unborn child abuse provided to appropriate authorities of the U.S. Department of Defense. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 412: Mandatory reporting requirements and referring cases of threatened or suspected child abuse to law enforcement. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 711: Funding for the Family Foundations home visitation program and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 967: Funding for the Family Foundations home visitation program for social media education and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
May 13, 2026
SB 45: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 171: Requiring child sexual abuse prevention education. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Jul 3, 2025
SB 232: Grants to child advocacy centers. (FE)
Became law.

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Mar 23, 2026
SB 234: Posting the child abuse and neglect reporting hotline in school buildings. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 13, 2026
SB 259: The notice of an investigation of child abuse or neglect or unborn child abuse provided to appropriate authorities of the U.S. Department of Defense. (FE)
Became law.
May 13, 2026
SB 432: Mandatory reporting requirements and referring cases of threatened or suspected child abuse to law enforcement. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 701: Funding for the Family Foundations home visitation program and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 968: Funding for the Family Foundations home visitation program for social media education and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.

2011–12 session: 20

Nov 29, 2011
AB 30: Delegation by a parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a child of powers regarding the care and custody of the child by a power of attorney.
Became law.
Aug 2, 2012
AB 40: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2011 legislature.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 68: Mandatory reporting of child abuse or neglect by school district employees; training in child abuse and neglect identification, laws, and procedures for those employees; retaliation against a person who reports child abuse or neglect in good faith, and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
Nov 29, 2011
AB 102: Crimes against children committed by certain persons and providing a penalty.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 247: Jurisdiction in matters relating to domestic abuse restraining orders and injunctions, child abuse restraining orders and injunctions, and harassment restraining orders and injunctions.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Apr 12, 2012
AB 263: Costs associated with providing false information to a law enforcement officer.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 299: Law enforcement officers and firearms in school zones and certain injunctions against law enforcement officers.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 423: Intentionally causing bodily harm to a child and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 461: The statute of limitations for sexual contact with a child.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 693: Evidence-based home visitation program services for persons who are at risk of poor birth outcomes or of abusing or neglecting their children; designating race and ethnicity on birth certificates; requiring informed consent for performance of certain elective procedures prior to the full gestational term of a fetus; and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.

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2009–10 session: 31

May 26, 2010
AB 75: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2009 legislature.
Became law.
Dec 2, 2009
AB 297: Child abuse and neglect prevention grants.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 298: Requiring notice to relatives when a child is taken into custody and disclosure of information to relatives for the purpose of facilitating a relationship or placement.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Feb 16, 2010
AB 400: Requiring landlords to change locks.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 413: Crimes against children committed by certain persons and creating a penalty.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 428: Public disclosure of certain information when child abuse or neglect results in death or serious injury or involves aggravated circumstances or when a child in an out-of-home placement commits suicide or is sexually abused by a caregiver.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 453: The statute of limitations for sexual contact with a child.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 19, 2010
AB 485: Required judicial findings and orders when a child is placed outside the home, termination of parental rights warnings, mandatory child abuse or neglect reporters, the confidentiality of social services records, changing from day care to child care the term used to describe care and supervision for children for less than 24 hours a day, and renumbering the definition of neglect.
Became law.
Apr 27, 2010
AB 514: Time limitations for commencing prosecution of crimes.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 515: Reckless bodily harm to a child and providing a penalty.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.

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Apr 28, 2010
AB 590: Elimination of an exception for spiritual treatment of a child in the law criminalizing physical abuse of a child and in the laws governing the practice of medicine or surgery, the investigation of child abuse or neglect, the administration of psychotropic medication to juveniles in correctional custody, the election of Christian Science treatment in lieu of medical or surgical treatment, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 677: Sentencing for crimes on school premises and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 680: Temporary restraining orders and injunctions.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 695: Requiring suspected drug activity on the part of a caregiver or nonclient resident of a child care provider to be reported to an immediate supervisor and to the sheriff and suspected or threatened child abuse or neglect on the part of such an individual to be reported under the child abuse and neglect reporting law and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 747: Crimes against animals and providing a penalty.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 784: Reporting the results of a religious organization's investigation of sexual contact with a child and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 839: The statute of limitations for sexual contact with a child and limits on recovery against the state and local political subdivisions.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 914: Sales and transfers of firearms, records from sales of firearms, possession of firearms by persons convicted of violent offenses that are not felonies, and providing penalties.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 79: Public disclosure of certain information when abuse or neglect results in a child dying or being placed in serious or critical condition.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 211: Child abuse and neglect prevention grants.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 212: Requiring notice to relatives when a child is taken into custody and disclosure of information to relatives for the purpose of facilitating a relationship or placement.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 248: Penalty enhancers for committing domestic abuse in the presence of a child and providing penalties.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 274: Requiring landlords to change locks.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Nov 17, 2009
SB 299: Public disclosure of certain information when child abuse or neglect results in death or serious injury or involves aggravated circumstances or when a child in an out-of-home placement commits suicide or is sexually abused by a caregiver.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 319: The statute of limitations for sexual contact with a child.
Stopped in committee.
May 13, 2010
SB 341: Reckless bodily harm to a child and providing a penalty.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 346: Required judicial findings and orders when a child is placed outside the home, termination of parental rights warnings, mandatory child abuse or neglect reporters, the confidentiality of social services records, changing from day care to child care the term used to describe care and supervision for children for less than 24 hours a day, and renumbering the definition of neglect.
Passed the Senate, then stopped.
May 10, 2010
SB 464: Temporary restraining orders and injunctions.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 500: Requiring suspected drug activity on the part of a caregiver or nonclient resident of a child care provider to be reported to an immediate supervisor and to the sheriff and suspected or threatened child abuse or neglect on the part of such an individual to be reported under the child abuse and neglect reporting law and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 555: Crimes against animals and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 643: Sales and transfers of firearms, records from sales of firearms, possession of firearms by persons convicted of violent offenses that are not felonies, and providing penalties.
Stopped in committee.

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