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SR 162

SENATE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF DAVID E. POTTS

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Val Lawson

SR 162 asks the state Office of Technology Services to convene a cross-agency working group for child safety, welfare, and protection to coordinate data sharing and tech upgrades.

02/04/2025 Senate read and passed
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Bill Summary · SR 162

Summary — SR 162 (2025)

Title: CHILDREN — Requests the Division of Administration's Office of Technology Services to convene a working group that includes every state agency with responsibility for child safety, welfare, and protection

Sponsors: Senator John F. Kennedy (primary), Senator Regina Ashford Barrow (primary)
Classification: Senate Resolution (administrative/request)
Introduced: February 24, 2025
Status: Enrolled; signed by President of the Senate and transmitted to the Secretary of State on June 5, 2025

Main purpose / intent

SR 162 requests that the Division of Administration’s Office of Technology Services (OTS) convene a cross‑agency working group composed of every state agency that has responsibilities for child safety, welfare, or protection. The resolution aims to promote interagency coordination on technology, data sharing, and systems that support child‑protective services.

Key provisions

  • Directs the Division of Administration’s Office of Technology Services to convene a working group.
  • Specifies that the working group include every state agency with responsibility for child safety, welfare, and protection (explicit agency list is not provided in the resolution text available).
  • The resolution is a formal request (nonbinding) rather than a statutory mandate; it does not appear to appropriate funds or change existing law.

Who is affected

  • Primary actors: the Division of Administration — Office of Technology Services and the state agencies responsible for child welfare and protection (e.g., departments of child and family services, health, education, juvenile justice, law enforcement, courts, and other relevant agencies).
  • Indirectly affected: children and families served by state child‑protective and welfare systems, advocacy groups, foster care providers, and technology vendors/systems integrators that support state child welfare IT systems.

Potential impact and issues to consider

  • Intended benefits: improved interagency coordination, more effective use of technology and shared data to protect children, identification of interoperability gaps, and recommendations for system modernization or secure data exchange.
  • Implementation considerations: privacy and security of children’s data, statutory authority for data sharing, potential need for appropriations if system upgrades or integrations are recommended, and timelines for completing recommendations or reports (not specified in the resolution).
  • Scope and outcomes: the resolution requests action (formation of a working group) but does not specify deliverables, deadlines, or reporting requirements in the text provided.

Procedural / timeline notes

  • Introduced February 24, 2025; read and adopted in the Senate on February 26, 2025 (recorded in journal).
  • Reported enrolled and subsequently enrolled; signed by the President of the Senate and sent to the Secretary of State on June 5, 2025.
  • As a Senate resolution, this is a formal request to executive/administrative offices rather than a bill creating new statutory obligations.

Note: The document materials provided included multiple unrelated memorial and commendation resolutions; the summary above is based on the SR 162 title and procedural metadata indicating a request to the Division of Administration’s Office of Technology Services regarding a child‑safety working group. The resolution’s full operative text (any detailed membership, schedule, or reporting requirements) was not included in the materials provided.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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