{"id":311993,"date":"2026-10-22T16:08:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T16:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/311993\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T16:08:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T16:08:12","slug":"bill-updating-mandated-reporter-laws-passes-unanimously-through-pennsylvania-house-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/311993\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill updating mandated reporter laws passes unanimously through Pennsylvania House, Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHP) \u2014 In the wake of recent alleged child abuse cases, <a href=\"https:\/\/local21news.com\/news\/local\/pa-legislation-takes-out-the-guess-work-in-mandated-reporting-manheim-central-education-school\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a new bill <\/a>is set to fill the gaps in Pennsylvania&#8217;s mandatory reporting laws.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palegis.us\/legislation\/bills\/text\/PDF\/2025\/0\/HB2474\/PN4056\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">House Bill 2474<\/a> passed unanimously through the state House and Senate, moving to Gov. Josh Shapiro&#8217;s desk for final approval. <\/p>\n<p>If signed into law, the bill would specify that mandated reporters must report any incidents of child-on-child abuse, including hazing and the unlawful dissemination of intimate images. <\/p>\n<p>The amendments would also address the dissemination of sexually explicit AI-generated deepfakes.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Nikki Rivera, the bill&#8217;s primary sponsor, pushed for change after multiple instances where school officials were aware of reported abuse but failed to immediately notify law enforcement. <\/p>\n<p>PREVIOUS COVERAGE | <a href=\"https:\/\/local21news.com\/news\/local\/lancaster-school-sued-for-allegedly-failing-to-report-ai-nude-images-of-female-students-county-day-school-artificial-intelligence-pennsylvania-pa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Parents file federal lawsuit after school didn&#8217;t report AI nude images of their daughters<\/a><\/p>\n<p>PREVIOUS COVERAGE | <a href=\"https:\/\/local21news.com\/news\/local\/3-manheim-central-students-charged-for-alleged-hazing-incidents-in-football-locker-room-lancaster-county-pa-pennsylvania-stalking-indecent-exposure-false-imprisonment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Students made players pay &#8216;Black tax&#8217; to enter locker room in football team hazing: DA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis legislation is a commonsense, urgently necessary step that clarifies mandated reporters\u2019 responsibilities, supports investigators\u2019 efforts to track down perpetrators and reinforces our commitment to protecting the safety and dignity of every student in Pennsylvania,&#8221; Rivera said in a release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHP) \u2014 In the wake of recent alleged child abuse cases, a new bill is set&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":311994,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-311993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=311993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311993\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/311994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=311993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}