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Committee adopts amendment to HF 3901, lays bill over after testimony from foster‑youth ombudsperson staff
Summary
The Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee adopted amendment A26 to HF 3901, which would add investigative powers to the Office of the Foster Youth Ombudsperson; the committee laid the bill over after testimony from ombudsperson staff. The minutes do not record vote tallies or amendment text.
Representative Peggy Scott moved HF 3901 before the Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee on April 14, 2026. The bill, described in the minutes as adding investigative powers to the Office of the Foster Youth Ombudsperson, was amended when the committee adopted amendment A26 and then laid over for future consideration.
The minutes list two testifiers on this item: Hannah Planalp, identified as Deputy Ombudsperson, Office of the Foster Youth Ombudsperson, and Jill Kehaulani Esch, Esq., identified as Ombudsperson for American Indian Families. The transcript records their attendance and the committee action but does not include the substance of their testimony or the text of the A26 amendment.
Because the minutes record only that "THE MOTION PREVAILED" and that the bill was "laid over," the committee’s vote tally was not provided in the minutes. No further substantive developments on HF 3901 appear in these minutes; the committee’s procedural next step is the bill’s continued consideration at a later meeting.
The committee adjourned later in the session; HF 3901 remains laid over as amended according to the minutes.
