Committee endorses DSS technical amendment as staff outlines paid‑leave and eviction bills
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Summary
Committee staff reviewed four bills (including S11 on paid parental leave and H4270 on eviction ceilings) and the committee endorsed a Department of Social Services technical amendment to a 2024 background‑check provision by voice vote.
Morgan Maxwell, staff attorney to the Joint Citizens and Legislative Committee on Children, briefed members on several bills with recent movement and the committee considered a requested technical amendment from the Department of Social Services.
Maxwell said staff has tracked four items: S11, a committee‑endorsed paid parental‑leave bill that would amend prior exclusions and expand leave durations; S823 (no‑contact order consideration) currently in the House Judiciary Committee; Senate calendar item 3974 still pending; and H4270, the eviction ceiling bill that Representative Carla Schuessler had brought forward and which was on the House calendar.
On a separate matter, Maxwell reported a DSS‑sponsored technical amendment to a 2024 law addressing background checks that would strike a specific phrase (“or a person”) at the request of the FBI and SLED. Chair Senator Mike Rickenbaugh moved that the committee endorse the technical change; a committee member seconded and the committee approved the endorsement by voice vote. The chair announced that the endorsement passes.
The meeting record shows the endorsement was conducted as a voice vote with no roll‑call tally recorded in the transcript. No additional amendments or conditions were added during the endorsement.
Why it matters: S11 (paid parental leave) and H4270 (eviction ceiling) were identified as bills the committee has discussed or endorsed previously; the DSS technical amendment was advanced by committee endorsement and will follow the regular legislative process.
The committee took no final action on S11, S823, 3974 or H4270 at this meeting beyond the status update from staff.
