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SB 960: Protection of Children

GENERAL BILL by Detert

Protection of Children; Requiring a statewide team of child protection investigators to respond to a child’s death or disappearance within a specified timeframe; requiring reports; requiring that the reports be posted on the Department of Children and Families' website; requiring the department to disclose the basic facts of all fatalities and near fatalities of children which result from child abuse or neglect; prohibiting certain information relating to the near fatality of a child from being released, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2014
 Last Action: 5/2/2014 Senate - Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 1666 (Ch. 2014-224)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (CF)
  2. Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (AHS)
  3. Appropriations (AP)


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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/10/2014 Senate • Filed
2/12/2014 Senate • Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations -SJ 77
3/4/2014 Senate • Introduced -SJ 77
5/2/2014 Senate • Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 1666 (Ch. 2014-224)