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Committee endorses bills on morphed images, administrative subpoenas and kinship licensure
Summary
The Committee on Children voted to endorse four bills — two targeting morphed/AI child exploitation material, an administrative‑subpoena measure and a DSS kinship‑licensure bill — and will forward its endorsements; Senator Tom Young’s kinship licensure bill will be heard in a subcommittee the next morning.
Committee staff provided a legislative update and the Committee on Children voted to endorse four bills as a group: House Bill 3045 (obscene visual representation of child sexual abuse), House Bill 3046 (morphed images), House Bill 3460 (administrative subpoenas) and Senate Bill 415 (kinship licensure).
Sheila Bridal, committee staff, briefed members on several bills that have crossed over between chambers and on the bills the committee later considered for endorsement. Bridal said "we've got the senate bills that have moved, currently s 28 and s 29," and described a separate administrative‑subpoena measure that would let state officials seek subscriber information following a tip. The committee discussed a Department of Children's Advocacy bill and several other measures in committee packets before taking the endorsement vote.
Representative Travis Moore was recognized as sponsor of the house bills that mirror the committee's morphed‑image and related measures. A Department of Social Services representative asked the committee to endorse Senate Bill 415, introduced by Senator Tom Young, which would revise kinship‑licensure rules to align with federal changes from the Administration for Children and Families; the department said licensing additional kinship foster placements would enable the state and families to draw down federal reimbursements for eligible placements.
The committee took a single voice vote to endorse all four bills and the chair announced, "the ayes have it." The transcript does not record individual roll-call tallies. Staff materials referenced bill numbers and committee packets (behind tab 2 and tab 4) for members' review. A subcommittee on S 415 was scheduled for the following morning at 10 a.m., according to a department representative.
The committee did not adopt changes to the bills during the vote; members said the bills would continue through the regular legislative process after committee endorsement.
