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BILL · 2023–24 SESSION

HB 2407: Child welfare workers

Increasing protections for child welfare workers.

Summary

  • Provides that a child welfare worker responding to a private location to provide services to, monitor, or investigate a family, may request to be accompanied by a trained second person when the worker has concerns that violence could occur, and requires the Department of Children, Youth, and Families to arrange for such accompaniment whenever possible.
  • Requires that child welfare workers receive training related to de-escalation strategies.

From the House Bill Report (HB 2407), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the House floor
  1. IntroducedJan 17, 2024
  2. Out of committeeJan 31, 2024
  3. Passed Housestopped here
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Travis Couture (R-35)
Introduced
January 17, 2024 in the House
Last action
February 20, 2024
Budget
Has a fiscal note

AN ACT Relating to increasing protections for child welfare workers;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Travis Couture (R-35)

4 co-sponsors (2 Democrats, 2 Republicans)

Alicia Rule D-42Tana Senn D-41Michelle Valdez R-26Cyndy Jacobsen R-25

Votes

No recorded floor votes.

History

  1. House Rules "X" file.
  2. Returned to Rules Committee for second reading.
  3. Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
  4. Referred to Rules 2 Review.
  5. HSEL - Majority; do pass.
  6. HSEL - Executive action taken by committee.
  7. First reading, referred to Human Services, Youth, & Early Learning.

HB 2407 in other sessions

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