Bills / S.B. 185
S.B. 185 Child Welfare Parental Representation Program Amendments
- Introduced
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- House committee
- House vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
The bill expands the Child Welfare Parental Representation Program so it must provide training and support for attorneys who represent parents in child welfare cases, and coordinate with the Indigent Defense Commission. It also requires the program's budget to show prior-year spending on parent representation programs and contracts, without adding new funding.
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Official description
- allows the Child Welfare Parental Representation Program to:
- provide education and support for all parental representation attorneys
- support indigent parental defense services through grants
- administer the existing Interdisciplinary Parental Representation Program
- removes the requirement for attorneys to be contracted
- modifies the way the executive director shall prepare the budget
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Every vote
- 5 yes, 0 no, 2 absentSenate Health and Human Services Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 3, 2026Who voted how
- 5 yes, 0 no, 2 absentSenate Health and Human Services Committee: Consent Calendar Recommendation · Feb 3, 2026Who voted how
- 24 yes, 0 no, 5 absentFinal Senate vote · Feb 9, 2026Who voted how
- 11 yes, 0 noHouse Judiciary Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 17, 2026Who voted how
- 71 yes, 1 no, 3 absentFinal House vote · Feb 19, 2026Who voted how
Hearings and debates
- Feb 3, 2026 Senate Health and Human Services Committee▶ WatchRead the transcript (9 turns) →
- Feb 9, 2026 Senate floor debate▶ WatchRead the transcript (6 turns) →
- Feb 17, 2026 House Judiciary Committee▶ WatchRead the transcript (18 turns) →
- Feb 19, 2026 House floor debate▶ WatchRead the transcript (5 turns) →