{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.cornyn.senate.gov/news/cornyn-colleagues-bill-to-help-prevent-child-abuse-heads-to-presidents-desk/", "Cornyn, Colleagues\u2019 Bill to Help Prevent Child Abuse Heads to President\u2019s Desk", "2024-12-17", "2024", "2024-12", "Republican", "Senate", "TX", "John Cornyn", "C001056", "www.cornyn.senate.gov", "cornyn", "https://www.cornyn.senate.gov/news/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), and Ben Ray Luj\u00e1n (D-NM) released the following statements after their Jenna Quinn Law, which would allow current grant funds to be used to train and educate students, teachers, caregivers, and other adults who work with children in a professional or volunteer capacity on how to prevent, recognize, and report child sexual abuse, passed the House and now heads to the President\u2019s desk. The bill is named for Jenna Quinn, a Texan and child abuse survivor, and is modeled after successful reforms passed by the Texas Legislature in 2009.\n\n\u201cCongress must ensure every state has robust resources to train those who work with children on how to identify and prevent the vicious cycle of child sexual abuse,\u201dsaid Sen. Cornyn.\u201cThis legislation, inspired by Texan Jenna Quinn, would give students, teachers, and caregivers more tools to protect vulnerable children nationwide, and I urge the President to sign it without delay.\u201d\n\n\u201cMembers of both parties are united in our mission to find additional ways to keep children safe from sexual abuse,\u201d said Sen. Hassan. \u201cOur bipartisan legislation will help ensure that parents, teachers, and other community members receive evidence-based training to help protect children from sexual abuse, and I look forward to the President signing this commonsense bill into law.\u201d\n\n\u201cEvery child deserves protection from abuse. Ensuring all adults, teachers, and caregivers are equipped with the knowledge to identify, prevent, and report child sexual abuse is a necessary and life-saving mechanism,\u201d said Sen. Luj\u00e1n. \u201cJenna\u2019s Law is implemented across several states \u2013 including New Mexico \u2013 and should be federally recognized. I\u2019m proud to see this bipartisan legislation passed the House and Senate, bringing us one step closer to providing funding to train and educate students, teachers, and parents on best practices to prevent and report abuse.\u201d\n\nThe Jenna Quinn Law passed the Senate on February 9th, 2024. Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN) also cosponsored this legislation, and Representatives Nathaniel Moran (TX-01), Michael McCaul (TX-10), and Susan Wild (PA-07) led it in the House.\n\nBackground:\n\nJenna Quinn has been an outspoken advocate for survivors of child sexual abuse and was the driving force behind what is now known as Jenna\u2019s Law in Texas. Unanimously passed by the Texas Legislature, Jenna\u2019s Law was the first child sexual abuse prevention law in the U.S. that mandates K-12 trainings for students and school staff and was amended in 2017 to include sex trafficking prevention education in schools. More than half of all states have adopted a form of Jenna\u2019s Law.\n\nAfter Jenna\u2019s Law passed in Texas in 2009, a study found educators reported child sexual abuse at a rate almost four times greater after training than during their pre-training career. The Jenna Quinn Law would:", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:07:19Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.cornyn.senate.gov/news/cornyn-colleagues-bill-to-help-prevent-child-abuse-heads-to-presidents-desk/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7703369483351707, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}