2025 bills / S.B. 177
S.B. 177 Child Welfare Amendments (2025)
- Introduced
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- House committee
- House vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
The bill creates a process letting a child in state custody use a Division of Child and Family Services address on a driver license. It also changes the Juvenile Code definitions, the timing for seeking review of some child abuse or neglect findings, the evidence heard at shelter hearings, and factors courts weigh on reunification services.
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Official description
- creates a process by which a child in the state's custody may use a Division of Child and Family Services' address for purposes of a driver license
- amends definitions for the Juvenile Code
- amends provisions regarding the time and circumstances under which a person may seek review of certain child abuse or neglect findings
- addresses the evidence that a juvenile court shall hear at a shelter hearing
- addresses what a juvenile court considers when determining whether reunification services are appropriate
- makes technical and conforming changes
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Every vote
- 4 yes, 0 no, 3 absentSenate Health and Human Services Committee: vote to change the bill · 1/30/2025 3:06 PMWho voted how
- 4 yes, 0 no, 3 absentSenate Health and Human Services Committee: vote to approve it · 1/30/2025 3:10 PMWho voted how
- 22 yes, 0 no, 7 absentFirst of two Senate votes · 2/11/2025 2:15 PMWho voted how
- 26 yes, 0 no, 3 absentFinal Senate vote · 2/12/2025 11:18 AM
- 9 yes, 0 no, 2 absentHouse Judiciary Committee: Amendment Recommendation · 2/24/2025 9:59 AMWho voted how
- 9 yes, 0 no, 2 absentHouse Judiciary Committee: vote to approve it · 2/24/2025 10:01 AMWho voted how
- 9 yes, 0 no, 2 absentHouse Judiciary Committee: Consent Calendar Recommendation · 2/24/2025 10:02 AMWho voted how
- 66 yes, 0 no, 9 absentFinal House vote · 2/26/2025 10:30 AM
- 27 yes, 0 no, 2 absentSenate vote to accept the other chamber's changes · 2/27/2025 10:57 AM