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CS/SB 236: Early Childhood Courts

GENERAL BILL by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs ; Book ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Montford

Early Childhood Courts; Authorizing circuit courts to create early childhood court programs; requiring that early childhood court programs have certain components; providing requirements and guidelines for the Office of the State Courts Administrator when hiring community coordinators and a statewide training specialist; requiring the Department of Children and Families to contract with certain university-based centers, etc.

Effective Date: 1/1/2020
 Last Action: 3/14/2020 Senate - Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1105 (Ch. 2020-138)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (CF)
  2. Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice (ACJ)
  3. Appropriations (AP)


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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
9/9/2019 Senate • Filed
9/19/2019 Senate • Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations -SJ 21
10/7/2019 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 10/15/19, 11:00 am, 301 Senate Building
10/15/2019 Senate • CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 -SJ 133
• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
10/23/2019 Senate • Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice
1/14/2020 Senate • Introduced -SJ 21
• CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs read 1st time -SJ 123
3/14/2020 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
• Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1105 (Ch. 2020-138)