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Senate expands screening for commercial sexual exploitation to children in state care

3281191 · May 12, 2025
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Summary

The Senate approved the committee substitute for HB 451, expanding risk screening for commercial sexual exploitation to all children in DFPS conservatorship and under Texas Juvenile Justice Department jurisdiction, moving the bill with a narrow fiscal amendment.

The Senate unanimously passed the committee substitute for House Bill 451, a measure to expand screening for the risk of commercial sexual exploitation to all children who are in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) or under the jurisdiction of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department (TJJD).

That screening, previously implemented as a pilot…

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