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flag House passes Laken Riley Act to enhance foster care safety with stricter oversight and background checks.

flag The House passed the Laken Riley Act as the first bill of the 119th Congress today. flag The act, named after a child who died in 2018, aims to enhance safety for children in foster care by increasing oversight of foster homes and requiring background checks for potential foster parents. flag Introduced by Representative Derek Kilmer (D-WA), the bipartisan bill was approved at 1 p.m. on Tuesday.

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