11:01 → 13:59(2m 59s)
Kathleen Momen (Champions for Children) thanked sponsors and urged passage of House Bill 10‑36 as a "common sense" statutory practice; committee moved the bill and voted 9‑0 to send it to the floor.
The Family and Children Services committee reviewed and approved several child-welfare bills, including a child fatality reporting and transparency bill (House Bill 12‑57 with an amendment), updates to school‑age childcare transportation funding (House Bill 10‑18), streamlining background checks for child-service providers (House Bill 13‑57), and related procedural items. Multiple survivors and former caseworkers testified in support of stronger reporting and oversight of Department of Child Services involvement.
