Withhold entitlement share for non-compliance with child abuse reporting requirements
HB 625 creates a mechanism to reduce the state funding provided to counties if they fail to comply with mandatory child abuse or neglect reporting requirements. Specifically, a county's "entitlement share," which is a payment from the state general fund replacing various local government revenues, can be withheld. The Attorney General is tasked with reporting non-compliant counties to the Department of Revenue, which then implements the reduction. This bill aims to ensure counties adhere to child abuse reporting standards by linking compliance to their state financial distributions.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 21, 2025
Signed May 5, 2025
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Floor votes · Senate Apr 15, 2025 · House Mar 6, 2025
How they voted
30–20
Passed
Total votes 50
Apr 15, 2025
D
Democratic18
100% Nay
R
Republican32
93% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
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Actions timeline
Total actions
42
Key actions
9
Committee
6
May 1, 2025
Signed into law
(H) Signed by Governor
lower
Apr 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Signed by President
upper
Apr 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Signed by Speaker
lower
Apr 15, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (30-20)
senate
Apr 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Judiciary
upper
Apr 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Judiciary
upper
Mar 14, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary
upper
Mar 6, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (63-36-1)
house
Feb 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Judiciary
lower
Feb 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Judiciary
lower
Feb 21, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary
lower
Feb 21, 2025
Introduced
(H) Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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