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Committee tables SB 231 after objections about who would be required to act on affidavits
Summary
Members moved to table Senate Bill 231 after committee members said the bill would require Child and Family Services at DPHHS to act on affidavits filed by county attorneys and that stakeholders were absent from the hearing.
The House Health and Human Services Committee moved to table Senate Bill 231 after members raised procedural and implementation concerns.
Vice Chair Hall said he would not support the bill, arguing it "is requiring Child and Family Services at DPHHS to act on a... affidavit that is filed" by county attorneys and that "they're not the ones filing the affidavit; that's county attorneys," making the bill structurally unworkable. Hall also noted that the hearing lacked other stakeholders and proponents or opponents who typically participate in child-protection legislation hearings.
Representative Kelly added that the bill asks for affidavits to be "up to date" without defining what that means, calling the requirement flawed. Vice Chair Howell made a substitute motion to table; members approved the motion to table by voice vote with proxies recorded and the chair announced that SB 231 had been moved to the table.
The committee did not take further action on SB 231 during the session recorded in this transcript.
