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2002 SESSION
HJ 76 Study; guardian ad litem program.
Introduced by: H. Morgan Griffith | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Guardians ad litem. Establishes a joint subcommittee to study the effectiveness and costs of the guardian ad litem program. In conducting its study, the joint subcommittee shall (i) review the role and authority of guardians ad litem throughout the Commonwealth; (ii) ascertain whether the guardian ad litem functions and duties have become more judicial than originally intended; (iii) determine whether courts are delegating decision-making authority to guardians ad litem over issues, such as visitation and counseling, that the Legislature never anticipated; (iv) determine whether or not fees should be limited or whether standardization of the guardian ad litem program is warranted to facilitate consistency, or both; and (v) consider such other related matters as the joint subcommittee may deem necessary to the furtherance of its work. The joint subcommittee must report its written findings and recommendations to the Governor and the 2003 Session of the General Assembly.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/02 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/08/02 023931748 pdf
- 02/11/02 House: Committee substitute printed 021889748-H1 pdf
- 03/15/02 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ76ER) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/09/02 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/08/02 023931748
- 01/09/02 House: Referred to Committee on Rules
- 02/10/02 House: Reported from Rules with substitute (17-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/02 House: Committee substitute printed 021889748-H1
- 02/12/02 House: Taken up
- 02/12/02 House: Committee substitute agreed to 021889748-H1
- 02/12/02 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute 021889748-H1
- 02/12/02 House: Agreed to by House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/02 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/02 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/13/02 Senate: Reading waived
- 02/13/02 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rules
- 03/01/02 Senate: Rereferred from Rules by voice vote
- 03/01/02 Senate: Rereferred to Courts of Justice
- 03/04/02 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment by voice vote
- 03/05/02 Senate: Rules suspended (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/02 Senate: VOTE: SUSPEND THE RULES R (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/02 Senate: Reading waived
- 03/05/02 Senate: Read third time
- 03/05/02 Senate: Agreed to by Senate with amendment by voice vote
- 03/06/02 House: Placed on Calendar
- 03/06/02 House: Senate amendment agreed to by House (95-Y 3-N)
- 03/06/02 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (95-Y 3-N)
- 03/15/02 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ76ER)