2SHB 2447: Supporting children and families.

What this bill does

Requires courts to give great weight to the lethality of a high potency synthetic opioid during certain stages of child welfare proceedings where the court is determining whether a child should be removed from a parent. Includes child abuse or neglect resulting from a high-potency synthetic opioid in a non-exhaustive list of what may establish the basis for a determination of imminent physical harm when a child is removed from a parent by court order, law enforcement, or a hospital. Expands various services for families and adds positions within the Department of Children, Youth, and Families, among other things.

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Other bills sponsored by Senn

• SHB 1109: Providing funding for school districts for special education.
• E2SHB 1188: Concerning individuals with developmental disabilities that have also received child welfare services.
• HB 1199: Addressing licensed child care in common interest communities.
• SHB 1207: Preventing and responding to harassment, intimidation, bullying, and discrimination in schools.
• E2SHB 1368: Requiring and funding the purchase of zero emission school buses.