An Act relating to a special audit; relating to the duties of the Department of Health and Social Services; relating to training and workload standards for employees of the Department of Health and Social Services and providing immunity from damages related to those standards; relating to foster care home licensing; relating to civil and criminal history background checks for foster care licensing and payments; relating to placement of a child in need of aid; relating to the rights and responsibilities of foster parents; relating to completed investigations of reports of harm to a child; requiring the Department of Health and Social Services to provide information to a child or person released from the department's custody; and providing for an effective date.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2017
Committee Review
May 2018
House Passage
May 2017
Senate Passage
May 2018
Signed into Law
Jun 2018
Introduced Mar 1, 2017
Signed Jun 27, 2018
Floor votes · House May 17, 2017
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
74
Key actions
10
Committee
7
Amendments
4
Jun 27, 2018
Signed into law
Signed into law 6/7 CHAPTER 15 SLA 18
lower
May 9, 2018
Introduced
TRANSMITTED TO (H) AS AMENDED
upper
May 9, 2018
Upper · Passed
PASSED Y18 N- E2
upper
May 9, 2018
Upper · Passed
FIN SCS ADOPTED UC
upper
May 2, 2018
Upper · Passed
FIN Do Pass: HOFFMAN, MACKINNON, BISHOP, VON IMHOF, STEVENS, OLSON
upper
Apr 6, 2018
Upper · Passed
HSS Do Pass: BEGICH, GIESSEL
upper
Apr 6, 2018
Introduced
HSS Amend: WILSON
upper
Jan 18, 2018
Committee
Referred to Health & Social Services and Finance
upper
Jan 18, 2018
Introduced
Read the first time - REFERRALS
upper
May 17, 2017
Lower · Passed
EFFECTIVE DATE(S) ADOPTED Y38 N1 A1
lower
May 17, 2017
Lower · Passed
PASSED Y23 N17
lower
May 16, 2017
Lower · Passed
FIN CS ADOPTED UC
lower
May 16, 2017
Introduced
FIN Amend: TILTON, THOMPSON, KAWASAKI, WILSON
lower
May 16, 2017
Lower · Passed
FIN Do Pass: ORTIZ, GARA, SEATON, FOSTER
lower
Mar 24, 2017
Introduced
HSS Amend: JOHNSTON, SULLIVAN-LEONARD
lower
Mar 24, 2017
Committee
HSS Do Not Pass: EASTMAN
lower
Mar 24, 2017
Lower · Passed
HSS Do Pass: TARR, EDGMON, SPOHNHOLZ
lower
Mar 1, 2017
Committee
Referred to Health & Social Services and Finance
lower
Mar 1, 2017
Introduced
Read the first time - REFERRALS
lower
0 primary · 12 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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