HB 1412 IN

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Provides that an individual's duty to report suspected child abuse or neglect may only be delegated to another person if certain conditions are met. Requires that if a report of suspected child abuse or neglect alleges that a staff member, youth coach, or volunteer of an institution, school, facility, organization, or agency is the abuser, law enforcement shall investigate to determine whether the institution, school, facility, organization, or agency knew that the alleged abuse was happening and failed to report the alleged abuse. Allows law enforcement to consider certain facts when determining whether the institution, school, facility, organization, or agency knew about the alleged abuse. Provides that a child is not a child in need of services due to a parent, guardian, or custodian referring to and raising a child consistent with the child's biological sex. Makes conforming changes.

• Becky Cash Republican · author
• Greg Goode Republican · sponsor
• Michael Crider Republican · sponsor

1. Jan 13, 2025 Authored by Representative Cash · lower
2. Jan 13, 2025 Coauthored by Representative Olthoff · lower
3. Jan 13, 2025 First reading: referred to Committee on Family, Children and Human Affairs · lower
4. Jan 30, 2025 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted · lower
5. Jan 30, 2025 Recommitted to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code pursuant to House Rule 126.3 · lower
6. Feb 6, 2025 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted · lower
7. Feb 10, 2025 Second reading: ordered engrossed · lower
8. Feb 11, 2025 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 138: yeas 91, nays 0 · lower
9. Feb 12, 2025 Referred to the Senate · lower
10. Feb 11, 2025 Senate sponsors: Senators Goode, Crider, Carrasco · lower
11. Feb 11, 2025 Cosponsor: Senator Dernulc · lower
12. Feb 11, 2025 Representatives Sweet and Garcia Wilburn added as coauthors · lower
13. Feb 20, 2025 First reading: referred to Committee on Family and Children Services · upper
14. Mar 18, 2025 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted · upper
15. Mar 25, 2025 Senator Carrasco removed as third sponsor · upper
16. Apr 3, 2025 Amendment #4 (Johnson T) prevailed; voice vote · upper
17. Apr 3, 2025 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed · upper
18. Apr 3, 2025 Amendment #1 (Young M) prevailed; voice vote · upper
19. Apr 7, 2025 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 346: yeas 31, nays 18 · upper
20. Apr 7, 2025 Senator Randolph added as cosponsor · upper
21. Apr 8, 2025 Returned to the House with amendments · upper
22. Apr 14, 2025 Motion to concur filed · lower
23. Apr 16, 2025 House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 474: yeas 59, nays 19 · lower
24. Apr 17, 2025 Signed by the Speaker · lower
25. Apr 21, 2025 Signed by the President Pro Tempore · upper
26. Apr 23, 2025 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper
27. May 1, 2025 Public Law 168 · lower
28. May 1, 2025 Signed by the Governor · executive