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CS/SB 164: Children in Foster Care

GENERAL BILL by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs ; Detert ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Sobel ; Stargel

Children in Foster Care; Creating the “Quality-Parenting for Children in Foster Care Act”; establishing and providing for the application of a “reasonable and prudent parent” standard; providing for the application of the reasonable and prudent parent standard to independent living transition services; specifying that Department of Children and Families rules must reflect the considerations of the reasonable and prudent parent standard, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2013
 Last Action: 3/27/2013 Senate - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 215 (Ch. 2013-21) -SJ 260
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (CF)
  2. Judiciary (JU)


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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
1/3/2013 Senate • Filed
1/11/2013 Senate • Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Judiciary; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations -SJ 17
1/28/2013 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 02/05/13, 3:00 pm, 37 Senate Office Building
2/5/2013 Senate • CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
2/6/2013 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2/7/2013 Senate • Original reference(s) removed: Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations
• Remaining references corrected to Judiciary -SJ 111
• Now in Judiciary -SJ 114
3/5/2013 Senate • Introduced -SJ 117
• CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs read 1st time -SJ 107
3/7/2013 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/12/13, 2:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
3/12/2013 Senate • Favorable by- Judiciary; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 -SJ 209
3/13/2013 Senate • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 209
3/14/2013 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/19/13
3/19/2013 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 228
• Placed on 3rd reading
3/27/2013 Senate • Read 3rd time -SJ 260
• Substituted CS/HB 215 -SJ 260
• Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 215 (Ch. 2013-21) -SJ 260