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CS/SB 7012: Child Welfare

GENERAL BILL by Fiscal Policy ; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs

Child Welfare; Requiring the Department of Children and Families to maintain copies of certain assessments and tools used to assess children for certain placement; requiring the department to develop a child protective investigator and case manager recruitment program for a specified purpose; subject to an appropriation and beginning on a specified date, requiring the department to develop a 4-year pilot program for treatment foster care, etc. APPROPRIATION: $3,300,000

Effective Date: Except as otherwise expressly provided in this act and except for this section, which shall take effect upon this act becoming a law, this act shall take effect July 1, 2025
Last Action: 3/19/2025 House - In Messages
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Fiscal Policy (FP)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/27/2025 Senate • Submitted for consideration by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
• On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 03/04/25, 4:00 pm, 301 Senate Building
3/4/2025 Senate • Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
3/5/2025 Senate • Filed
3/6/2025 Senate • Referred to Fiscal Policy
3/10/2025 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 03/13/25, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
• Introduced
3/13/2025 Senate • CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
• Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
3/14/2025 Senate • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
3/17/2025 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/19/25
3/18/2025 Senate • CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time
3/19/2025 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 236
• Read 3rd time -SJ 236
• CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 -SJ 236
• Immediately certified -SJ 242
3/19/2025 House • In Messages