The Child Poverty Bill has been published after a consultation that closed in March.
Under the terms of the bill central and local government will have a legal duty to work together to with agencies such as the police, NHS primary care trusts and youth offending agencies to end child poverty and support families.
Hilary Fisher, director of End Child Poverty, said: "It will be particularly important to be clear how government will be held to account in the legislation. We need to see urgent action to help hard pressed families now as well as a strong bill which carries forward that action into the future."
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