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Read. Follow. Verify.Oklahoma House Bill 1565 Mandates Immediate Law Enforcement Reporting for Specific Child Abuse Referrals
Last action · May 5, 2025: Approved by Governor 05/05/2025
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What This Bill Does
Oklahoma House Bill 1565 requires the Department of Human Services to immediately report child abuse or neglect referrals involving non-caregiver perpetrators to local law enforcement starting November 1, 2025. The measure establishes criminal penalties for failing to report abuse or making false reports, and mandates safe care plans for drug-endangered infants.
Changes investigation protocols and reporting duties for school employees, health professionals, and state caseworkers, imposing misdemeanor or felony charges for knowingly failing to report suspected abuse.
- House Bill 1565 amends the Oklahoma Children's Code to refine mandatory reporting and investigation procedures handled by the Department of Human Services. context
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Department of Human Services
Must implement new hotline documentation procedures, record transmission logs to law enforcement, and establish plans of safe care for specific infant diagnoses.
School employees
Subject to mandatory reporting requirements requiring immediate notification to both DHS and local law enforcement for students under eighteen.
Health care professionals
Required to promptly report infants testing positive for controlled substances or alcohol, and provide examination records to investigators.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What happens if someone fails to report suspected child abuse or neglect?
Who must be notified if an investigated parent is serving in the military?
What are the consequences of making a false report of child abuse?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
22 actions- May 5, 2025HouseEnrolledApproved by Governor 05/05/2025
- Apr 30, 2025HouseSent to Governor
- Apr 30, 2025SenateEnrolled measure signed, returned to House
- Apr 30, 2025HouseEnrolled, signed, to Senate
- Apr 29, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred for enrollment
- Apr 29, 2025SenateEngrossed measure signed, returned to House
Show 16 earlier actions
- Apr 29, 2025SenateFloorMeasure passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 1
- Apr 29, 2025SenateGeneral Order, Considered
- Apr 23, 2025SenatePlaced on General Order
- Apr 21, 2025SenateFloorReported Do Pass Health and Human Services committee; CR filed
- Apr 1, 2025SenateCommitteeSecond Reading referred to Health and Human Services
- Mar 11, 2025SenateIntroducedFirst Reading
- Mar 11, 2025HouseEngrossed, signed, to Senate
- Mar 10, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred for engrossment
- Mar 10, 2025HouseFloorThird Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 88 Nays: 4
- Mar 10, 2025HouseAmended
- Mar 10, 2025HouseAuthored by Senator Weaver (principal Senate author)
- Mar 10, 2025HouseGeneral Order
- Feb 17, 2025HouseFloorCR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Rules Committee
- Feb 4, 2025HouseCommitteeSecond Reading referred to Rules
- Feb 3, 2025HouseAuthored by Representative Duel
- Feb 3, 2025HouseIntroducedFirst Reading
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Mandatory Law Enforcement Referral Expansion
The legislation broadens mandatory reporting by requiring DHS to forward non-caregiver abuse allegations directly to law enforcement prior to screening out reports.
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Sources
www.oklegislature.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance75How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy25Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz30Current news / social attention level
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