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2021 SPECIAL SESSION I
HB 1962 Foster care; termination of residual parental rights, relatives and fictive kin.
Introduced by: Wendy W. Gooditis | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION: (all summaries)
Foster care; termination of parental rights; relatives and fictive kin. Requires local departments of social services and licensed child-placing agencies to involve in the development of a child's foster care plan the child's relatives and fictive kin who are interested in the child's welfare. The bill requires that a child 12 years of age or older be involved in the development of his foster care plan; under current law, a child's involvement is mandatory upon reaching 14 years of age. The bill contains other amendments to provisions governing foster care and termination of parental rights that encourage the placement of children with relatives and fictive kin.
FULL TEXT
- 01/11/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102613D pdf | impact statement
- 01/28/21 House: Committee substitute printed 21103967D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/19/21 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1962ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/07/21 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB1962ER2) pdf
- 04/07/21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0535) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Governor's recommendation
HISTORY
- 01/11/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102613D
- 01/11/21 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 01/15/21 House: Assigned HWI sub: Social Services
- 01/28/21 House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/21 House: Committee substitute printed 21103967D-H1
- 02/01/21 House: Read first time
- 02/02/21 House: Read second time
- 02/02/21 House: Committee substitute agreed to 21103967D-H1
- 02/02/21 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1962H1
- 02/03/21 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 02/03/21 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 02/03/21 House: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 02/03/21 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/21 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage #2 (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/04/21 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
- 02/05/21 Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/21 Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/21 Senate: Read third time
- 02/16/21 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/21 House: Enrolled
- 02/19/21 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1962ER)
- 02/19/21 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/22/21 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/24/21 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 24, 2021
- 02/24/21 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 03/31/21 House: Governor's recommendation received by House
- 04/07/21 House: Placed on Calendar
- 04/07/21 House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (98-Y 0-N)
- 04/07/21 House: VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N)
- 04/07/21 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- 04/07/21 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 04/07/21 House: Reenrolled
- 04/07/21 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB1962ER2)
- 04/07/21 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 04/07/21 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/07/21 House: Enacted, Chapter 535 (effective 7/1/21)
- 04/07/21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0535)