The Human Services, Youth & Early Learning Committee reviewed six bills in executive session and voted to report each out of committee with a due‑pass recommendation. Several items were moved and handled by expedited roll call.

Substitute Senate Bill 5,149 (expanding eligibility for early childhood courts from families with children under age 3 to families with children under age 6) was moved by Vice Chair Cortez and reported out of committee with a due‑pass recommendation. The clerk announced the tally as 11 ayes, 0 nay.

Substitute Senate Bill 5,163 (renaming child mortality reviews to child fatality reviews and expanding reviews to include children up to age 19; requires entities to provide records to local health departments) was moved and reported out with a due‑pass recommendation. The final tally recorded by the clerk was 9 ayes, 2 nay without recommendation. Members discussed whether additional data collection would lead to improved outcomes and whether budget constraints justified expanding reviews.

Senate Bill 5,506 (delaying the requirement that DCYF license living accommodations at residential private schools from July 1, 2025 to July 1, 2026) was moved, had a one‑year delay amendment adopted (Harrington 7‑14) and was reported out with a due‑pass as amended recommendation. The committee vote was 11 ayes, 0 nay.

Substitute Senate Bill 5,545 (exempting family home providers in the metropolitan area of a federal military reservation who are certified by the military from DCYF licensing while retaining DCYF investigation of abuse/neglect referrals) was moved and reported out with a due‑pass recommendation; the clerk announced 11 ayes, 0 nay.

Each motion was moved by committee leadership (motions were typically made by Vice Chair Cortez and seconded), recorded by roll call, and advanced to the next stage of the legislative process. No final policy details beyond what is recorded in the committee proceedings were adopted for these items beyond the amendments noted above.