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CS/HB 43: Child Welfare

GENERAL BILL by Health and Human Services Committee ; Latvala ; Valdes ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Brown ; Caruso ; Cortes ; Daniels ; Fernandez-Barquin ; Fetterhoff ; Fine ; Geller ; Grall ; Hill ; Jones ; Magar ; Massullo ; McGhee ; Plakon ; Polo ; Polsky ; Roach ; Sprowls ; Tomkow ; Watson, C. ; Webb ; Williams ; Zika

Child Welfare; Requiring the Florida Court Educational Council to establish certain standards for instruction of circuit and county court judges for dependency cases; requiring the Department of Law Enforcement to provide certain information to law enforcement officers relating to specified individuals; requiring Child Protection Teams to be capable of providing certain training relating to head trauma and brain injuries in children younger than a specified age; requiring the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission to establish standards for the instruction of law enforcement officers in a specified subject, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2020
Last Action: 6/19/2020 - Chapter No. 2020-40, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1105 (Ch. 2020-138)
Bill Text: PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
8/9/2019 House • Filed
9/23/2019 House • Referred to Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee; Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 11
10/17/2019 House • On Committee agenda-- Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee, 10/24/19, 9:30 am, 12 HOB
10/24/2019 House • Favorable by Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0 -HJ 284
• Now in Appropriations Committee -HJ 284
1/14/2020 House • Introduced -HJ 11
1/27/2020 House • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee, 01/29/20, 12:30 pm, Webster Hall
1/29/2020 House • Favorable by Appropriations Committee; YEAS 29 NAYS 0 -HJ 471
• Now in Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 471
2/4/2020 House • On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 02/06/20, 12:00 pm, Morris Hall
2/6/2020 House • CS by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 15 NAYS 0 -HJ 527
2/7/2020 House • Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
• CS by Health and Human Services Committee read 1st time -HJ 519
2/10/2020 House • Placed on Calendar -HJ 529
2/13/2020 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/19/20
2/19/2020 House • Read 2nd time -HJ 591
• Placed on 3rd reading
2/20/2020 House • Read 3rd time -HJ 617
• CS passed; YEAS 117 NAYS 0 -HJ 617
2/26/2020 Senate • In Messages
2/27/2020 Senate • Referred to Rules -SJ 363
3/2/2020 Senate • Received -SJ 363
3/5/2020 Senate • Withdrawn from Rules -SJ 421
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• Substituted for CS/CS/SB 122 -SJ 421
• Read 2nd time -SJ 421
• Amendment(s) adopted (755426) -SJ 421
• Placed on 3rd reading
3/6/2020 Senate • Read 3rd time -SJ 484
• CS passed as amended; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 -SJ 485
3/6/2020 House • In returning messages
3/12/2020 House • Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (755426) -HJ 1138
• CS passed as amended; YEAS 113 NAYS 0 -HJ 1138
• Ordered engrossed, then enrolled -HJ 1138
6/3/2020 • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
6/18/2020 • Approved by Governor
6/19/2020 • Chapter No. 2020-40, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1105 (Ch. 2020-138)