S. 1528

Summary

S. 1528, the CHILD Act of 2025, was introduced in the Senate on Apr 30, 2025 by Sen. Richard Durbin (D) with 3 co-sponsors. It last saw action on Apr 22, 2026: Held at the desk.

Record

Text

S. 1528 has 3 co-sponsors.

119 S1528 ES: Comprehensive Health and Integrity in Licensing and Documentation Act of 2025
 U.S. Senate
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 119th CONGRESS  2d Session  S. 1528  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES  AN ACT
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.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Comprehensive Health and Integrity in Licensing and Documentation Act of 2025   or the   CHILD Act of 2025  .
2.
Defining  covered individual  for purposes of background checks under the National Child Protection Act of 1993
Section 5(9)(B) of the National Child Protection Act of 1993 ( 34 U.S.C. 40104(9)(B) ) is amended—
(1)
in clause (i)—
(A)
by inserting  , contracts with,  after  is employed by ;
(B)
by inserting  , contract with,  after  be employed by ; and
(C)
by striking  or  at the end;
(2)
by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (iii);
(3)
by inserting after clause (i) the following:
(ii)
is employed by or volunteers with, or seeks to be employed by or volunteer with, an entity that is under contract with a qualified entity;
 ;
(4)
in clause (iii), as so redesignated, by adding  or  at the end; and
(5)
by adding at the end the following:
(iv)
is licensed or certified, or seeks to be licensed or certified, by a qualified entity;
 .
    Passed the Senate April 21, 2026.    Secretary

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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.

Sponsors

Sen. Richard Durbin (D) sponsors S. 1528, and 3 members have co-sponsored it, 1 of them from the day it was introduced.

Richard Durbin

Sen. · D–IL · Sponsor

Introduced Apr 30, 2025

Chuck Grassley

Sen. · R–IA · Co-sponsor

Joined Apr 30, 2025 · Original

Jon Ossoff

Sen. · D–GA · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 14, 2025

Christopher Coons

Sen. · D–DE · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 29, 2025

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Committees

S. 1528 went before 1 committee: Judiciary.

Judiciary

Judiciary

Reported By · Jul 28, 2025

Actions

S. 1528 has taken 10 actions since Apr 30, 2025, the latest on Apr 22, 2026.

Votes

S. 1528 has not gone to a roll call.

Related bills

1 bill is related to S. 1528.

HR 3100To 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.Jul 15, 2026 · Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 0. · Related bill

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Titles

S. 1528 goes by 8 titles, 6 of them short titles.

• CHILD Act of 2025 — Display Title
• CHILD Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Passed Senate
• Comprehensive Health and Integrity in Licensing and Documentation Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Passed Senate
• CHILD Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
• Comprehensive Health and Integrity in Licensing and Documentation Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
• CHILD Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• Comprehensive Health and Integrity in Licensing and Documentation Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• 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. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 7 registered lobbyists who named S. 1528 in 5 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice, Transportation, Education, Computer Industry.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 1528 under Crime and Law Enforcement, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 5 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 1528’s is Crime and Law Enforcement.

Legislative Subjects

S. 1528 carries 5 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Child safety and welfare to Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations.

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com