Enacts the child abuse reporting expansion act

This bill, known as the Child Abuse Reporting Expansion Act, requires clergy members and other religious leaders to report suspected child abuse or mistreatment when they encounter it in their professional or official capacity. While it maintains a confidentiality privilege for information shared during spiritual confessions or confidences, it mandates that clergy must still report abuse if they learn of it through other means, such as observing a child or hearing it from a parent. The law also clarifies that religious leaders remain subject to other legal duties to stop ongoing abuse and defines specific terms regarding who qualifies as clergy and religious institutions. This change directly affects ministers, Christian Science practitioners, and religious supervisors who interact with children in their official roles.