United States 119th Congress Status: Passed Senate Bipartisan · 3 D · 2 R cosponsors

S 162 — Recruiting Families Using Data Act of 2025

Last action — Held at the desk.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced January 21, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.

Next likely step: consideration and a floor vote in the House.

Odds of enactment

Moderate chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a moderate chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Advancing 52% · moderate confidence

  • Passed Senate

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 5 sponsors

    1 primary, 4 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (3 D · 2 R) — cross-party backing.

Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.

In plain language

The bill aims to enhance foster care by improving family partnership plans and data reporting.

This bill requires state child welfare plans to create family partnership plans to stabilize foster care placements and boost kinship placements. Additionally, it mandates annual reports on foster and adoptive family demographics and recruitment challenges.

What this means for you
  • Families: This could create more opportunities for families to engage in the foster care system and support children in need.

Summary

Recruiting Families Using Data Act of 2025This bill requires state plans for child welfare services to provide for the development and implementation of a family partnership plan to improve foster care placement stability, increase rates of kinship placements, and align the composition of foster and adoptive families with the needs of children in or entering foster care.The Children's Bureau of the Administration for Children and Families also must include in its annual report information from states about the number, demographics, and characteristics of foster and adoptive families as well as a summary of the challenges related to recruiting and being foster or adoptive parents.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Introduced in Senate

  2. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

  3. Senate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent.

  4. Senate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent.

  5. Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S2770-2771)

  6. Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S2770-2771)

  7. Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S2770-2771)

  8. Message on Senate action sent to the House.

  9. Received in the House.

  10. Held at the desk.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 4 co-sponsors · 542 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (4)

Not signed on (542)

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Frequently asked questions

What does S 162 do?
Recruiting Families Using Data Act of 2025This bill requires state plans for child welfare services to provide for the development and implementation of a family partnership plan to improve foster care placement stability, increase rates of kinship placements, and align the composition of foster and adoptive families with the needs of children in or entering foster care.The Children's Bureau of the Administration for Children and Families also must include in its annual report information from states about the number, demographics, and characteristics of foster and adoptive families as well as a summary of the challenges related to recruiting and being foster or adoptive parents.
Who sponsors S 162?
S 162 is sponsored by Hassan, Margaret Wood (Democratic), Wicker, Roger F. (Republican), Klobuchar, Amy (Democratic), Ossoff, Jon (Democratic), and Grassley, Chuck (Republican).
What is the current status of S 162?
This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced January 21, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.
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