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H.B. 434: Child Welfare Fatality Review Report Amendments

2026 General Session · Originating chamber: House

Saved official records and Ledger coverage. The outcome below is from the Legislature’s own step list.

What the bill does

Did not pass both chambers; the bill was filed on March 6, 2026.

This bill addresses a report regarding child welfare fatalities.

  • Clarifies that the report provided to the Child Welfare Legislative Oversight Panel and the chairs of the Health and Human Services Interim Committee by the fatality review committee within the Division of Child and Family Services should not be fully redacted
  • Makes technical and conforming changes

The description and list come from the bill's own long title as recorded by the Legislature. Read the official bill. The Ledger takes no position on it.

Subjects: Abuse, Neglect, or Dependency · Health and Human Services · Division of Child and Family Services · Child Welfare · Department of Health and Human Services · Fatality Reports

How it moved

  1. · House1st reading (Introduced)Rules Committee
  2. · Houseto standing committeeHealth and Human Services Committee
  3. · HouseHouse Comm - Recommends Returned to RulesHealth and Human Services Committee
  4. · Housefiledfile for bills not passed

Steps as the Legislature recorded them; clerical and fiscal-staff entries are left out. Numbers such as 54-14-7 are yeas, nays and absent.

Fiscal note

The Legislative Fiscal Analyst's note on H.B. 434 found no material cost or revenue effect for the state, local governments or businesses.

Bill overview

Sponsor: Cheryl K. Acton

Senate floor sponsor: Ronald M. Winterton

Legislature passed-list status: Not available in the saved metadata.

Passed-list membership is not a finding that a bill was signed or took effect. A bill absent from that list is not necessarily pending or defeated.

Latest recorded action

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The full step list is above. Find the bill in the official session list for status, hearings and committee records.

Recorded floor votes

No floor-vote records for this bill and session are available here. This does not mean no vote occurred; consult the official bill record.

Ledger coverage

No Ledger stories with an explicit source link to this bill and session are listed here.