HB1490
Child abuse or neglect; establishes centralized hotline for reports or complaints, report.
Status:
Passed
Latest Action:
March 31, 2026
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Chief Patron:
Kathy Tran (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Department of Social Services; centralized hotline for reports or complaints of child abuse or neglect; response to complaints within 24 hours for children under three years of age.
Creates a centralized toll-free hotline for intake for reports and complaints of child abuse or neglect. The bill directs the Department of Social Services (the Department) to be the agency responsible for the intake of reports and complaints of child abuse or neglect and specifies that the Department shall determine ... (More) the validity of such reports and complaints. Under current law, local departments of social services are the agencies responsible for the intake of reports and complaints of child abuse and they determine the validity of such reports and complaints. The bill eliminates the requirement that local departments must be capable of receiving and responding to reports and complaints of abuse or neglect and instead requires that any complaint of child abuse or neglect received by a local department shall be immediately forwarded to the Department's child abuse and neglect hotline. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/23/2026 - House: Presented and ordered printed 26105570D
- 01/23/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
- 01/29/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1490)
- 01/30/2026 - House: Assigned sub: Social Services
- 02/04/2026 - House: Placed on Health and Human Services Agenda
- 02/05/2026 - House: House subcommittee offered
- 02/05/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (7-Y 1-N)
- 02/09/2026 - House: Placed on Health and Human Services Agenda
- 02/10/2026 - House: Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute and referred to Appropriations (15-Y 7-N)
- 02/10/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/10/2026 - House: Committee substitute printed 26107278D-H1
- 02/10/2026 - House: Assigned HAPP sub: Health & Human Resources
- 02/13/2026 - House: Placed on Appropriations Agenda
- 02/13/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/2026 - House: Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/16/2026 - House: Read second time
- 02/16/2026 - House: committee substitute agreed to
- 02/16/2026 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 02/17/2026 - House: Read third time and passed House (88-Y 7-N 0-A)
- 02/18/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/18/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
- 02/27/2026 - Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/2026 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/27/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 26108841D-S1
- 03/02/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1490)
- 03/04/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1490)
- 03/06/2026 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 26109244D-S2
- 03/09/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 03/09/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/09/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 03/10/2026 - Senate: Read third time
- 03/10/2026 - Senate: Rehabilitation and Social Services Substitute rejected
- 03/10/2026 - Senate: Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
- 03/10/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
- 03/10/2026 - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/10/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1490)
- 03/11/2026 - House: Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 99-N 0-A)
- 03/12/2026 - Senate: Senate insisted on substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/12/2026 - Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 03/12/2026 - House: House acceded to request
- 03/12/2026 - House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/12/2026 - House: House Conferees: Tran, Callsen, Kent
- 03/12/2026 - Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/12/2026 - Senate: Senate Conferees: Pillion, VanValkenburg, Favola
- 03/13/2026 - House: Conference substitute printed 26109834D-H2
- 03/13/2026 - Conference Report released
- 03/13/2026 - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/13/2026 - House: Conference report agreed to by House (93-Y 1-N 0-A)
- 03/30/2026 - House: Enrolled
- 03/30/2026 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1490ER)
- 03/30/2026 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/31/2026 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/31/2026 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026
- 03/31/2026 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
