House Appropriations advances S.239 to study mandatory child-abuse reporting; amendment approved
The House Appropriations Committee approved S.239, which creates a working group to review Vermont’s mandatory-reporting laws and pre-investigation reporting practices; committee members debated membership size and learned Joint Fiscal Office estimates per-diem costs under $10,000 and payable from existing DCF funds.
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The House Appropriations Committee advanced S.239 on April 17, 2026, approving a committee amendment and then voting the bill out of committee. The bill, described by Michelle Childs of the Office of Legislative Council, would create a working group charged with examining laws and policies around mandatory reporting of suspected child abuse and neglect, with an interim check-in by April 1 next year and a final report by Oct. 1, 2027.
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