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SB455Introduced in the Senate

Ensuring equal financial support to kinship parents and fictive kin

IntroducedSenate Health and Human Resources

Introduced by Laura Wakim Chapman, District 1

What does this bill do?

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Official description

The purpose of this bill is to ensure that all financial support presently available to certified foster parents is provided to kinship parents and fictive kin. The barriers and burdens placed upon kinship parents and fictive kin are too onerous.

Where it stands

To Health and Human Resources

January 16, 2026

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Bill history

  1. Filed for introduction

  2. To Health and Human Resources then Finance

  3. Introduced in Senate

  4. To Health and Human Resources

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