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Committee advances substitute to let courts and agencies share conviction information linking animal and child abuse
Summary
SB 115 (first substitute) passed out of committee after sponsors and witnesses argued that convictions for animal abuse should be reportable into DCFS systems to help identify risk to children, while most other cross-sharing remains permissive to respect local practice and privacy.
Senator Plumb described SB 115 as a permissive cross-reporting measure to improve safety by sharing information between animal-welfare and child-welfare systems when appropriate. She said courts would be required to report convictions for animal offenses into the DCFS repository, while most other sharing would be permissive to avoid heavy-handed mandates.
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