SSB 5774: Increasing the capacity to conduct timely fingerprint-based background checks for prospective child care employees and other programs.
Signed into law: Chapter 300, Laws of 2024
- Sponsor
- Billig
- Introduced
- January 8, 2024
- Status
- C 300 L 24
- Last action
- Effective date 3/26/2024. (March 26, 2024)
- As of
- August 18, 2026, 2:03 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Requires, subject to appropriated funding, that the Department of Children, Youth, and Families maintain the capacity to roll, print, or scan fingerprints in at least 10 of its early learning and child welfare offices.
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Floor votes
- House: Final Passage as Amended by the House · February 28, 202495 yea · 0 nay · 3 not voting
- Senate: Final Passage as Amended by the House · March 4, 202448 yea · 0 nay · 1 not voting
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 8, 202449 yea · 0 nay
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