Enacts the "safe haven baby box act"
Summary
Enacts the "safe haven baby box act" to provide a defense to endangering the welfare of a child; defines "safe haven baby box" to mean a secure, climate-controlled device installed at a facility staffed twenty-four hours per day, seven days per week, including but not limited to hospitals, police stations, fire stations, and emergency medical service facilities.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced May 13, 2025
Last action Jan 7, 2026
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Total actions
2
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Committee
2
Jan 7, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
upper
May 13, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Steve Chan
RRepublican/Conservative
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