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.