Statute of Limitations Period for Violations Involving Required Reports Concerning Children
Summary
Statute of Limitations Period for Violations Involving Required Reports Concerning Children; Providing that the period of limitation for offenses related to specified required reports concerning children does not begin to run until a law enforcement agency is made aware of the violation, etc.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Feb 2026
House Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
May 2026
Introduced Jan 13, 2026
Signed May 22, 2026
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The bill text was converted from a committee draft to an enrolled, final version, removing metadata headers and adding official enrollment stamps. The substantive legal content regarding the statute of limitations for child-related offenses remains identical.
Scope change
No change in scope or applicability; the legal provisions are unchanged.
TECHNICAL
Removed committee attribution, draft identifiers, and page headers.
Added official enrollment metadata, dates, and status indicators.
Replaced draft formatting with standard enrolled bill formatting.
Floor votes · Senate Feb 19, 2026 · House Mar 10, 2026
How they voted
38–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 40
Feb 19, 2026
D
Democratic11
90% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican28
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
32
Key actions
9
Committee
8
May 22, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by Governor
legislature
Mar 10, 2026
Lower · Passed
CS passed; YEAS 111, NAYS 0
lower
Mar 9, 2026
Committee
Bill referred to House Calendar
lower
Feb 19, 2026
Upper · Passed
CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0
upper
Feb 3, 2026
Upper · Passed
Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 23 NAYS 0
upper
Jan 29, 2026
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/03/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
upper
Jan 21, 2026
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Jan 15, 2026
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 01/20/26, 9:30 am, 301 Senate Building
upper
Jan 13, 2026
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Jan 12, 2026
Upper · Passed
Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
upper
Jan 5, 2026
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 01/12/26, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
upper
Dec 9, 2025
Committee
Referred to Criminal Justice; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Rules
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jennifer Bradley
RRepublican
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