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Minutes for HB2601 - Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care
Short Title
Establishing a registry for child abuse and neglect to be maintained by the secretary for children and families and providing for registration and expungement processes that include administrative hearings and opportunities for subsequent appeals.
Minutes Content for Mon, Feb 16, 2026
The Chair reopened the hearing on HB2601.
Tanya Keys, Deputy Secretary, DCF, spoke in opposition to the bill. DCF supports the establishment of a registry, but had concerns with the length of the appeals process, putting someone on the registry before an investigation is completed, and attributes of expungement that she recommended be codified. (Attachment 1)
There were no questions from the committee.
The Chair closed the hearing on HB2601.
