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Senate Children and Youth Committee accepts four interim studies for further review
Summary
The Senate Children and Youth Committee voted to accept four interim study proposals into further study — covering child-maltreatment registry placement, abuse prevention for elderly/vulnerable adults, adverse childhood experiences, and child-support modification when a noncustodial parent is incarcerated — with sponsors to schedule fuller briefings.
The Senate Children and Youth Committee voted unanimously at its interim meeting to accept four interim study proposals for fuller review before the next legislative session.
Committee members agreed to let sponsors schedule hearings and expert testimony on the proposals, which were accepted into study rather than debated on their merits at the meeting. The adopted studies are: Representative Servillo’s proposal to amend law on placement of a name on the child maltreatment central registry (Exhibit E1); Representative Sarah Capps’ proposal to study prevention of abuse of elderly and vulnerable adults (Exhibit E2); Representative Jamie Scott’s interim study on adverse childhood experiences; and ISP 2019-021 by Representative David Fielding to study modification of child support when a noncustodial parent is incarcerated.
The committee chair said the interim is intended for in-depth examination so sponsors can bring witnesses and data before the panel ahead of any session filing. Members were reminded that it is the sponsor’s responsibility to coordinate with the chair’s office about when to present each study and to identify witnesses and materials.
No votes on substantive policy were taken; each item was recorded as accepted into study. The chair indicated that the committee will schedule separate briefings so members can examine evidence and proposed statutory language before any bill drafting occurs.
