SB 1600: Child Welfare
GENERAL BILL by Yarborough
Child Welfare; Requiring certain organizations and agencies to provide employees with annual training approved by the Department of Children and Families relating to the protection of children from abuse and neglect; requiring the department to create a process to recognize and approve qualified accrediting organizations for a specified purpose; requiring the department to collect and analyze certain reports of abuse which are reported from or occurred at a child-serving organization; requiring the Office of Insurance Regulation to approve rating plans for employer’s liability insurance which provide a premium discount to certain child-serving organizations, etc.
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 1/9/2026 Senate • Filed
1/16/2026 Senate • Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy
1/22/2026 Senate • Introduced
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SB 1600, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/9/2026 at 11:51 AM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 1331 Child Welfare Yarkosky, Salzman Identical Last Action: 1/15/2026 H Now in Human Services Subcommittee 
Citations - Statutes (11)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 39.01 Definitions. Page 2 (pdf) 39.0151 Page 4 (pdf) 39.101 Central abuse hotline. Page 6 (pdf) 39.301 Initiation of protective investigations. Page 14 (pdf) 39.302 Protective investigations of institutional child abuse, abandonment, or neglect. Page 9 (pdf) 39.521 Disposition hearings; powers of disposition. Page 10 (pdf) 39.6012 Case plan tasks; services. Page 13 (pdf) 627.0656 Page 7 (pdf) 934.255 Subpoenas in investigations of sexual offenses. Page 13 (pdf) 960.065 Eligibility for awards. Page 14 (pdf) 984.03 Definitions. Page 14 (pdf)