S. 1528 119th Congress Senate

CHILD Act of 2025

Official title: A bill to amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to ensure that businesses and organizations that work with vulnerable populations are able to request… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to ensure that businesses and organizations that work with vulnerable populations are able to request background checks for their contractors who work with those populations, as well as for individuals that the businesses or organizations license or certify to provide care for those populations.

Introduced: April 30, 2025 Introduced by: Richard J. Durbin Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov

Crime and Law Enforcement Child safety and welfareContracts and agencyCriminal justice information and recordsEmployee hiringSocial work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Everywhere this bill has been 10 steps

Introduced

In committee

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Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Apr 22, 2026

Held at the desk.

Apr 22, 2026

Received in the House.

Apr 22, 2026

Message on Senate action sent to the House.

Apr 21, 2026

Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1854; text: CR S1854)

Apr 21, 2026

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

Jul 28, 2025

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 128.

Jul 28, 2025

Committee on the Judiciary. Reported without amendment. Without written report.

Jul 24, 2025

Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

Apr 30, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S2716)

Apr 30, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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What's happening now April 22, 2026

Held at the desk.

Hearings & markups 2

Business meeting to consider S.1038, to direct the Attorney General to include a data field in the National Missing and…
Meeting Jul 24, 2025 · 10:15 AM EDT · Judiciary Committee
Business meeting to consider S.1038, to direct the Attorney General to include a data field in the National Missing and…
Meeting Jul 17, 2025 · 9:15 AM EDT · Judiciary Committee

Related & companion bills 1

Bill text 3 versions

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Judiciary Committee
Senate

Lobbying activity 6

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

FRANKLIN SQUARE GROUP, LLC
for HOPSKIPDRIVE, INC. · California · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
FRANKLIN SQUARE GROUP, LLC
for HOPSKIPDRIVE, INC. · California · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
FRANKLIN SQUARE GROUP, LLC
for HOPSKIPDRIVE, INC. · California · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
FRANKLIN SQUARE GROUP, LLC
for HOPSKIPDRIVE, INC. · California · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)
FRANKLIN SQUARE GROUP, LLC
for HOPSKIPDRIVE, INC. · California · 3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30)
FRANKLIN SQUARE GROUP, LLC
for HOPSKIPDRIVE, INC. · California · 2nd Quarter 2025 (Apr 1 - June 30)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
6 filings
SENATE
6 filings

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Cosponsors 3