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SB 514: Baker Act

GENERAL BILL by Abruzzo ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Clemens

Baker Act; Requiring the Department of Children and Families to create a workgroup to provide recommendations relating to revision of the Baker Act; requiring the workgroup to make recommendations on specified topics; requiring a review of draft recommendations by a specified date; requiring the workgroup to submit a report to specified entities and the Legislature by a specified date, etc.

Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
 Last Action: 5/1/2015 Senate - Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
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. Fiscal Policy (FP)


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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
1/26/2015 Senate • Filed
2/3/2015 Senate • Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy -SJ 66
3/2/2015 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 03/05/15, 9:00 am, 301 Senate Office Building
3/3/2015 Senate • Introduced -SJ 66
3/5/2015 Senate • Favorable by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 -SJ 190
• Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services -SJ 190
5/1/2015 Senate • Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services