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CS/SB 634: Child Welfare

GENERAL BILL by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs ; Rouson ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Berman ; Perry ; Hooper ; Mayfield

Child Welfare; Citing this act as "Jordan’s Law"; 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 that the guardian ad litem training program include training on the recognition of and responses to head trauma and brain injury in children younger than a specified age, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2019
 Last Action: 5/3/2019 Senate - Died in Appropriations
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
1/31/2019 Senate • Filed
2/15/2019 Senate • Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations -SJ 78
3/5/2019 Senate • Introduced -SJ 77
3/27/2019 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 04/01/19, 4:00 pm, 301 Senate Building
4/1/2019 Senate • CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 283
4/2/2019 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
4/3/2019 Senate • Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
• CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs read 1st time -SJ 314
4/11/2019 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, 04/16/19, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
4/16/2019 Senate • Subcommittee Recommendation: CS/CS by Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -SJ 379
4/18/2019 Senate • Now in Appropriations
5/3/2019 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
• Died in Appropriations