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House delays major child-welfare rewrite after extended debate
Summary
Lawmakers extensively debated first substitute House Bill 266, a multi-year child-welfare overhaul that changes definitions, notice requirements and parental-rights standards; after protracted floor debate and failed amendments the House voted to 'circle' the bill for further consideration rather than advance it to the Senate.
Representative Wayne Harper, sponsor of the first substitute to House Bill 266, told the House the measure is the product of several years’ work to clarify child-welfare law, "to refine the code, to harmonize the process and legal duty, protecting children with the rights of families." Harper described the bill as narrowing and clarifying definitions of abuse and neglect, aligning training and notice requirements with the 1993 federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act,…
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