Did not become law. It stopped in the General Assembly on January 12, 2026. The 2024–2025 session has ended.
2024–2025 Session
Assembly Bill 5636
Revises definition of child abuse or neglect to include persons between 18 and 21 years of age in certain settings.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the General Assembly
Sponsor from May 5
Chief co-sponsor from Jun 12
Chief co-sponsor from Jan 8, 2026
2 co-sponsors
Its course
May 8, 2025 to January 12, 2026, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action4 actions on 3 days
In the General AssemblyMay 8 to Jan 12 · stopped249 days
Children, Families and Food SecurityMay 8 to Jan 8 · moved on245 days
AppropriationsJan 8 to Jan 80 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.
In the General Assembly May 8 – Jan 12, 2026
- May 8Introduced in the General Assembly and sent to Children, Families and Food Security
- Jan 8, 2026Sent to Appropriations
- Appropriations recommended it
- Read a second time
- Jan 12, 2026Carried on in S3751