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CS/SB 1790: Baker Act

GENERAL BILL by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs ; Powell

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 the workgroup to submit a final report to specified entities and the Legislature by a specified date, etc.

Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
 Last Action: 3/10/2018 Senate - Died in Appropriations
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (CF)
  2. Appropriations (AP)
  3. Rules (RC)


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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
1/5/2018 Senate • Filed
1/12/2018 Senate • Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations -SJ 192
1/17/2018 Senate • Introduced -SJ 192
1/24/2018 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 01/29/18, 4:00 pm, 401 Senate Office Building
1/29/2018 Senate • CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 4 NAYS 0 -SJ 227
1/30/2018 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs read 1st time -SJ 235
2/1/2018 Senate • Original reference(s) removed: Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
• Remaining references corrected to Appropriations; Rules -SJ 261
• Now in Appropriations -SJ 261
3/10/2018 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
• Died in Appropriations