CS/SB 1920 (2021) -  Child Welfare

General Bill by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs and Book
Child Welfare: Specifying circumstances under which a court is required, on or after a specified date, to appoint a guardian ad litem; renaming the Guardian Ad Litem Qualifications Committee as the Child Well-Being Qualifications Committee; specifying that the executive director of the Statewide Guardian Ad Litem Office may be reappointed; creating the Statewide Office of Child Representation within the Justice Administration Commission; specifying when the court is authorized or required to appoint an attorney for the child; requiring the court to appoint the Statewide Office of Child Representation, etc.
Effective Date: 07/01/2021
Last Event: 04/30/21 S Died in Appropriations on Friday, April 30, 2021 2:40 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
    • On agenda for: 03/23/21 12:30 PM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 8   Nays 0
  • Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice
    • On agenda for: 04/08/21 11:30 AM
    • Recommendation: Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 7   Nays 0
  • Appropriations
    • On agenda for: 04/19/21 10:00 AM

Related Bills

(No Related Bills On Record)

Bill Text

  • Committee Substitute 1
    • P 771334 , Appropriations Date Filed: 04/12/21, Line#: 0
    • A 833736 , Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice, Book Date Filed: 04/07/21, Line#: 104 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 04/08/2021 06:20 PM
    • AA 381004 , Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice, Book Date Filed: 04/08/21, Line#: 470 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 04/08/2021 06:20 PM
    • A 879448 , Appropriations, Book Date Filed: 04/16/21, Line#: 450
  • Original Filed Version
    • D 163466 , Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, Book Date Filed: 03/15/21, Line#: 0 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 03/24/2021 09:21 AM
    • AA 134864 , Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, Book Date Filed: 03/22/21, Line#: 93 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 03/23/2021 03:45 PM

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Appropriations 4/16/2021 11:22:44 AM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Appropriations 4/16/2021 11:03:01 AM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice 4/12/2021 3:46:25 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice 4/7/2021 8:57:40 AM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs 3/25/2021 1:12:08 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs 3/15/2021 12:32:07 PM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Died in Appropriations Time: 04/30/2021 - 2:40 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version: c1
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/19/21, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building --Temporarily Postponed Time: 04/19/2021 - 7:25 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version: c1
Event: S Now in Appropriations Time: 04/12/2021 - 3:59 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version: c1
Event: S Subcommittee Recommendation: CS/CS by Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 465 Time: 04/08/2021 - 1:31 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice Version: c1
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 04/08/21, 11:30 am, 37 Senate Building Time: 04/05/2021 - 2:26 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice Version: c1
Event: S CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs read 1st time -SJ 322 Time: 03/25/2021 - 7:10 PM Member: Committee: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Version: c1
Event: S Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice Time: 03/25/2021 - 5:18 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice Version: c1
Event: S Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 03/25/2021 - 1:16 PM Member: Committee: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Version: c1
Event: S CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -SJ 312 Time: 03/23/2021 - 3:28 PM Member: Committee: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 03/23/21, 12:30 pm, 37 Senate Building Time: 03/18/2021 - 2:07 PM Member: Committee: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 03/16/21, 12:30 pm, 37 Senate Building --Amendment(s) Adopted - Temporarily Postponed Time: 03/11/2021 - 3:11 PM Member: Committee: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Version: __
Event: S Introduced -SJ 213 Time: 03/10/2021 - 11:56 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations -SJ 213 Time: 03/04/2021 - 4:52 PM Member: Committee: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 03/01/2021 - 10:48 AM Member: Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
28.345
39.001
39.00145
39.01 SB 308, CS/HB 837, SB 900, SB 948, HB 1299, HB 7027
39.013
39.01305 CS/CS/SB 1826
39.0132 CS/HB 685, SB 756
39.0139
39.202 CS/CS/SB 96, CS/CS/HB 419, SB 900, CS/SB 1282*, CS/HB 7039
39.302 CS/CS/SB 96, SB 308, CS/HB 837, SB 900, HB 7027, CS/HB 7039
39.402 CS/CS/SB 80
39.407
39.4085 CS/CS/SB 96, CS/HB 1093, SB 1100
39.502
39.521 SB 308, CS/HB 837, HB 7027
39.523 CS/CS/SB 80, CS/CS/HB 1473
39.6011 SB 1100
39.6012 SB 308, CS/HB 837, HB 7027
39.6251 SB 900*, CS/HB 7039
39.701 CS/CS/SB 80, SB 1100, CS/CS/HB 1473
39.702
39.801
39.802
39.808
39.810
39.811
39.812 CS/HB 601, SB 1206
39.820
39.822
39.8296
39.83
39.831
43.16 SB 568, CS/CS/HB 1079, CS/CS/SB 1616, HB 6019
63.085 HB 1333, HB 1387, SB 1700, SB 1814
322.09 CS/CS/SB 96*
394.495 HB 405, CS/SB 828
627.746
934.255 SB 126
960.065 HB 479, SB 1628

(*) Not the latest version