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CS/SB 1384: Legal Proceedings for Children

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

Legal Proceedings for Children; Revising the entities involved in the state plan for the promotion of adoption, support of adoptive families, and prevention of abuse, abandonment, and neglect of children; requiring the court to appoint a guardian ad litem at the earliest possible time to represent a child for specified proceedings; modifying requirements for the case plans for children in out-of-home placements; revising a guardian ad litem’s responsibilities and authorities; authorizing the Pathway to Prosperity program to provide certain grants to youth and young adults aging out of foster care, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2023
Last Action: 5/5/2023 Senate - Died in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (CF)
  2. Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice (ACJ)
  3. Fiscal Policy (FP)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
3/1/2023 Senate • Filed
3/9/2023 Senate • Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy
3/14/2023 Senate • Introduced
3/30/2023 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 04/04/23, 11:00 am, 37 Senate Building
4/4/2023 Senate • CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 7 NAYS 1
4/5/2023 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
4/11/2023 Senate • CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs read 1st time
5/5/2023 Senate • Died in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice