2023 legislature
State Child Welfare Policy Update for week of February 22
These past few weeks, several new child welfare related bills have been introduced! Check out the summaries and status updates below. We’ll continue to keep you updated with new information that could impact children and families.
State Child Welfare Policy Update for week of March 1
This past week, several new bills related to child welfare were introduced in both the House and Senate. The MIFPA modifications bill continued to progress, was amended and passed for the third reading in the Senate on 2/27/2023. The next day, the House received the bill from the Senate.
State Child Welfare Policy Update for week of March 20
On March 16, 2023, MIFPA modifications included in bills SF667/HF1071 were presented to and approved by Governor Walz. Representative Keeler, herself an Indigenous community member, and Senator Kunesh, of Native descent, were key figures in the bill’s passage.