SHB 1171 — Exempting attorney higher education employees from certain mandated reporting of child abuse and neglect.
Signed into law — Chapter 192, Laws of 2025
- Sponsor
- Pollet
- Introduced
- February 14, 2025
- Status
- C 192 L 25
- Last action
- Effective date 7/27/2025. (April 30, 2025)
What this bill does
Creates an exception to the mandated reporting of suspected child abuse and neglect requirement for attorneys employed by public or private institutions of higher education as it relates to information gained in the course of providing legal representation to a client.
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Floor votes
- House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 3, 202595 yea · 0 nay · 3 not voting
- House — Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · April 17, 202595 yea · 1 nay · 2 not voting
- Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · April 14, 202539 yea · 10 nay
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