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119-s-1528119th CongressWALLET

CHILD Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Senator Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]

Passed Senate

Summary

Expands who is treated as a 'covered individual' for child-protection background checks. It broadens the definition to include people employed by, contracting with, volunteering with, or seeking roles with entities that contract with a qualified entity, and it adds people who are licensed or certified by, or seek licensure or certification from, a qualified entity.

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  • Workers and contractors: Employees and contractors of entities under contract with a qualified entity are brought under the background-check rules.
  • Volunteers and applicants: Volunteers and people seeking employment or volunteer positions with those entities are now included as covered individuals.
  • Licensed or certified professionals: Individuals who are licensed or certified by a qualified entity, or who seek such licensure or certification, are added to the covered definition.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.

More workers and contractors face background checks

If enacted, more people connected to a “qualified entity” would need background checks. This would newly cover people who contract with a qualified entity. It would also cover people who work or volunteer for, or apply to work or volunteer for, an entity under contract with a qualified entity. People who are licensed or certified by a qualified entity, or applying for it, would also be checked. The excerpt does not list an effective date.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]

IL • D

Cosponsors

  • Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]

    IA • R

    Sponsored 4/30/2025

  • Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA]

    GA • D

    Sponsored 7/14/2025

  • Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]

    DE • D

    Sponsored 7/29/2025

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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