Issue Position: Protecting Children

Issue Position

As a proud new father, protecting Texan children is a priority for Representative Wu:

"We should protect all children as if they were own. Agencies dealing with children should be held to a higher standard. We shouldn't wait till something bad happens."
He authored HB 3259, which modernizes investigations in child abuse and neglect cases. Representative Wu believes that government's primary function is public safety, and no one is more deserving of our protection than children. Representative Wu will empower law enforcement professionals to go after the criminals who target children, and demand accountability from agencies tasked with their protection.

Related Legislation

HB 2404 -- relating to consideration by the court of sexual abuse and conduct that constitutes sexual assault in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
HB 2228 -- relating to the applicability of the exception to prosecution for the offense of abandoning or endangering a child.
HB 3259 -- modernizes statutory language relating to investigation records in child abuse and neglect cases.
HB 3743 -- relating to the authority of a prosecutor in a juvenile case to appeal certain judicial decisions.

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