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CS/CS/SB 1782: Guardianship

GENERAL BILL by Finance and Taxation ; Judiciary ; Saunders

Guardianship; redefines term "professional guardian"; revises procedures for registration of professional & public guardians; provides for Elderly Affairs Dept. to contract with not-for-profit entity; provides for voluntary registration as public guardian of state college or university or independent college or university; allows court to require nonprofessional guardians to undergo credit checks & background screening, etc. Amends Ch. 744.

Effective Date: 07/01/2003
Last Action: 5/2/2003 House - Died in Messages, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/SB 1822 (Ch. 2003-262), CS/SB 2568 (Ch. 2003-57)
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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
3/4/2003 Senate • Filed
3/11/2003 Senate • Introduced, referred to Judiciary; Comprehensive Planning; Finance and Taxation; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal Justice; Appropriations -SJ 00171
3/18/2003 Senate • Withdrawn from Judiciary; Comprehensive Planning; Finance and Taxation; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal Justice; Appropriations -SJ 00185; Rereferred to Judiciary; Comprehensive Planning; Finance and Taxation; Appropriations Subcommittee on Article V Implementation and Judiciary; Appropriations -SJ 00185
4/10/2003 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 04/14/03, 11:00 am, 110-S -SJ 00380
4/14/2003 Senate • CS by Judiciary; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 -SJ 00426; CS read first time on 04/16/03 -SJ 00441
4/16/2003 Senate • Withdrawn from- Comprehensive Planning -SJ 00423; Now in Finance and Taxation -SJ 00426
4/17/2003 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Finance and Taxation, 04/22/03, 4:30 pm, 37-S
4/22/2003 Senate • CS/CS by Finance and Taxation; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 -SJ 00575; CS read first time on 04/24/03 -SJ 00580
4/24/2003 Senate • Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Article V Implementation and Judiciary -SJ 00575
4/25/2003 Senate • Withdrawn from Appropriations Subcommittee on Article V Implementation and Judiciary; Appropriations -SJ 00603; Placed on Calendar, on second reading
4/29/2003 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 00783; Read second time -SJ 00746; Amendment(s) adopted -SJ 00747; Ordered engrossed -SJ 00747
4/30/2003 Senate • Read third time -SJ 00808; CS passed as amended; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 -SJ 00809
4/30/2003 House • In Messages
5/2/2003 House • Died in Messages, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/SB 1822 (Ch. 2003-262), CS/SB 2568 (Ch. 2003-57)