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BILL · 2017–18 SESSION

HB 1563: Child abuse hotline/posting

Requiring school districts to adopt policies regarding the mandatory posting of the child abuse and neglect hotline.

Summary

  • Requires each school district, when it adopts a plan for recognition, initial screening, and response to emotional or behavioral distress in students, to include in the plan a policy regarding the mandatory posting of the state's toll-free, twenty-four hour, seven-day-a-week hotline that will connect an individual to the appropriate child protective services office to report child abuse and neglect.

From the Bill Digest (HB 1563), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 23, 2017
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Lillian Ortiz-Self (D-21)
Introduced
January 23, 2017 in the House
Last action
January 8, 2018

AN ACT Relating to requiring school districts to adopt policies regarding the mandatory posting of the child abuse and neglect hotline;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Lillian Ortiz-Self (D-21)

7 co-sponsors (5 Democrats, 2 Republicans)

Jessyn Farrell D-46Luanne Van Werven R-42Melanie Stambaugh R-25Marcus Riccelli D-3Mia Gregerson D-33Sherry Appleton D-23Steve Bergquist D-11

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  3. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  4. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  5. First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1563 in other sessions

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