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HB1092Introduced in the House

Child services matters.

Passed

Introduced by Dale DeVon, District 5

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Child services matters. Requires a sports wagering certificate holder and vendor to withhold funds from a person who requests a certain type of withdrawal from the person's mobile sports wagering account if the person is delinquent in the person's child support payments. Requires an order establishing paternity to be obtained without further proceedings if certain conditions are met. Allows the state to approve additional payment facilities for purposes of accepting child support payments. Provides that if a child who is the subject of an adoption petition is also the subject of an open or pending child in need of services (CHINS) or delinquency proceeding, the adoption petition must identify: (1) the court in which the CHINS or delinquency proceeding is open or pending and the cause number; and (2) the case number of the CHINS or delinquency proceeding; if known to the petitioner. Requires a volunteer of an applicant for licensure as a child caring institution to undergo a criminal background check if the volunteer is likely to have unsupervised contact with children in the child caring institution or will have access to a child's medical records. Provides that the department may deny an application for licensure as a child caring institution, group home, or child placing agency if the applicant was previously licensed as a residential child care provider and the license was revoked within one year of the application. Provides that a department caseworker who wishes to interview a child at the child's school must provide the caseworker's department issued credential in order to interview the child alone.

Where it stands

Public Law 78

March 4, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House votes

2 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

1 recorded vote · each counted separately

HouseStage: House - House concurred with Senate amendments · February 25, 2026

92

Yes

0

No

8

Absent or Not Voting

100 representatives recorded in this House vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each representative voted

RepresentativeDistrictVote
Carolyn Jackson1Yes
Earl Harris2Yes
Ragen Hatcher3Absent
Edmond Soliday4Yes
Dale DeVon5Yes
Maureen Bauer6Yes
Jake Teshka7Yes
Ryan Dvorak8Yes
Randy Novak9Yes
Charles Moseley10Yes

Bill history

  1. Authored by Representative DeVon

  2. First reading: referred to Committee on Family, Children and Human Affairs

  3. Representative Olthoff added as coauthor

  4. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  5. Amendment #1 (DeVon) prevailed; voice vote

  6. Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed

  7. Senate sponsor: Senator Walker G

  8. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 169: yeas 80, nays 0

  9. Representative Goss-Reaves added as coauthor

  10. Referred to the Senate

  11. First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary

  12. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  13. Amendment #1 (Freeman) prevailed; voice vote

  14. Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed

  15. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 232: yeas 48, nays 0

  16. Returned to the House with amendments

  17. Motion to concur filed

  18. House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 373: yeas 92, nays 0

  19. Signed by the Speaker

  20. Signed by the President Pro Tempore

  21. Signed by the President of the Senate

  22. Signed by the Governor

  23. Public Law 78

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