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CS/CS/HB 855: Child Welfare

GENERAL BILL by Law Enforcement & Crime Prevention ; Family Law & Children ; Murman ; Sublette ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Bullard ; Dockery ; Brown ; Lynn ; Littlefield ; Fasano ; Feeney

Child Welfare; revises confidentiality of recorded central abuse hotline calls re child abuse, neglect, or abandonment; provides circumstances in which officer or employee of judicial branch is not required to report child abuse, abandonment, or neglect; exempts judges from prosecution for failure to report; clarifies language re initiation of protective investigations & criminal investigations, etc. Amends Chs. 39, 383.402, 409.

Effective Date: 06/05/2000
Last Action: 6/5/2000 - Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2000-217; See also HB 679 (Ch. 2000-180), HB 2125 (Ch. 2000-139), CS/SB 2034 (Ch. 2000-367)
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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
1/21/2000 House • Prefiled
2/8/2000 House • Referred to Family Law & Children (CJC); Law Enforcement & Crime Prevention (CRC); Health & Human Services Appropriations (FRC)
3/7/2000 House • Introduced, referred to Family Law & Children (CJC); Law Enforcement & Crime Prevention (CRC); Health & Human Services Appropriations (FRC) -HJ 00058
3/13/2000 House • On Committee agenda-- Family Law & Children (CJC), 03/15/00, 1:30 pm, 317-C
3/15/2000 House • Comm. Action: CS by Family Law & Children (CJC); YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -HJ 00337
3/22/2000 House • CS read first time on 03/22/00 -HJ 00330
3/20/2000 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 113 -HJ 00337; Now in Law Enforcement & Crime Prevention (CRC) -HJ 00337
3/27/2000 House • On Committee agenda-- Law Enforcement & Crime Prevention (CRC), 03/29/00, 2:00 pm, 314-H --Temporarily deferred
3/31/2000 House • On Committee agenda-- Law Enforcement & Crime Prevention (CRC), 04/04/00, 3:30 pm, 314-H
4/4/2000 House • Comm. Action: CS/CS by Law Enforcement & Crime Prevention (CRC); YEAS 6 NAYS 1 -HJ 00537
4/12/2000 House • CS read first time on 04/12/00 -HJ 00529
4/11/2000 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 113 -HJ 00537; Now in Health & Human Services Appropriations (FRC) -HJ 00537
4/18/2000 House • Withdrawn from Health & Human Services Appropriations (FRC) -HJ 00557; Placed on Calendar
4/25/2000 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar; Read second time -HJ 00757; Amendment(s) adopted -HJ 00758
5/1/2000 House • Read third time -HJ 01265; Amendment(s) failed -HJ 01265; Amendment(s) adopted -HJ 01265; CS passed as amended; YEAS 117 NAYS 0 -HJ 01270
5/1/2000 Senate • In Messages
5/2/2000 Senate • Received, referred to Criminal Justice -SJ 00896; Immediately withdrawn from Criminal Justice -SJ 00802; Substituted for CS/SB 1910 -SJ 00802; Read second and third times -SJ 00802; CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 -SJ 00802
5/2/2000 House • Ordered enrolled -HJ 01446
5/24/2000 • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
6/5/2000 • Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2000-217; See also HB 679 (Ch. 2000-180), HB 2125 (Ch. 2000-139), CS/SB 2034 (Ch. 2000-367)