SB 6298: Concerning the duty of the clergy to report child abuse or neglect.
Did not pass. The 2023-24 session has ended.
- Sponsor
- Frame
- Introduced
- January 23, 2024
- Status
- S Rules 3
- Last action
- By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading. (March 7, 2024)
- As of
- August 18, 2026, 2:03 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Requires members of the clergy to report child abuse or neglect when the clergy member has reasonable cause to believe a child has suffered abuse or neglect, except with regard to information that a clergy member obtains solely in the context of a penitential communication. Requires members of the clergy to warn the Department of Children, Youth, and Families or law enforcement when they have reasonable cause to believe that a child is at imminent risk of being abused or neglected, even if that belief is informed by information obtained in part as a result of a penitential communication.
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Floor votes
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 7, 202444 yea · 5 nay
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