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S. 1528 To amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to ensure that businesses and organizations that work with vulnerable populations are able to request background checks for their contractors who work with those populations, as well as for individuals that the businesses or organizations license or certify to provide care for those populations.
Summary
The CHILD Act of 2025 amends the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to expand eligibility for background checks for individuals who work with vulnerable populations. The bill expands the definition of covered individuals to include contractors and employees of entities under contract with qualified organizations that work with vulnerable populations. The bill also includes individuals who are licensed or certified by qualified entities as eligible for background checks. These changes allow businesses and organizations that serve vulnerable populations to request background checks for a broader range of individuals they work with.
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Sponsor (1)
3 cosponsors
- Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] (D-DE)
- Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] (R-IA)
- Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA] (D-GA)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Richard J. Durbin’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- SIMMONS HANLY CONROY LLC $19,133
- THE GORI LAW FIRM $18,300
- CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES PC $17,750
- POWER ROGERS & SMITH LLP $17,300
- MAUNE RAICHLE HARTLEY FRENCH & MUDD $14,638
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Richard J. Durbin → · Outside spending →
Actions (10)
- Apr 22, 2026 Held at the desk. · house
- Apr 22, 2026 Received in the House. · house
- Apr 22, 2026 Message on Senate action sent to the House. · senate
- Apr 21, 2026 Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1854; text: CR S1854) · senate
- Apr 21, 2026 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- Jul 28, 2025 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 128. · senate
- Jul 28, 2025 Committee on the Judiciary. Reported without amendment. Without written report. · senate
- Jul 24, 2025 Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. · senate
- Apr 30, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S2716) · senate
- Apr 30, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
April 30, 2025
Mr. Durbin (for himself, Mr. Grassley, and Mr. Ossoff) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
July 28, 2025
Reported by Mr. Grassley, without amendment
A BILL
To amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to ensure that businesses and organizations that work with vulnerable populations are able to request background checks for their contractors who work with those populations, as well as for individuals that the businesses or organizations license or certify to provide care for those populations.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Comprehensive Health and Integrity in Licensing and Documentation Act of 2025” or the “CHILD Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. DEFINING “COVERED INDIVIDUAL” FOR PURPOSES OF BACKGROUND CHECKS UNDER THE NATIONAL CHILD PROTECTION ACT OF 1993.
Section 5(9)(B) of the National Child Protection Act of 1993 (34 U.S.C. 40104(9)(B)) is amended—
(1) in clause (i)—
(A) by inserting “, contracts with,” after “is employed by”;
(B) by inserting “, contract with,” after “be employed by”; and
(C) by striking “or” at the end;
(2) by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (iii);
(3) by inserting after clause (i) the following:
“(ii) is employed by or volunteers with, or seeks to be employed by or volunteer with, an entity that is under contract with a qualified entity;”;
(4) in clause (iii), as so redesignated, by adding “or” at the end; and
(5) by adding at the end the following:
“(iv) is licensed or certified, or seeks to be licensed or certified, by a qualified entity;”. Calendar No. 128
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1528
A BILL
To amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to ensure that businesses and organizations that work with vulnerable populations are able to request background checks for their contractors who work with those populations, as well as for individuals that the businesses or organizations license or certify to provide care for those populations.
July 28, 2025
Reported without amendment
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