TO CREATE A STUDY OF THE BEST PRACTICES FOR REDUCING THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Mar 2021
Senate Passage
Apr 2021
House Passage
Mar 2021
Signed into Law
Apr 2021
Introduced Jan 26, 2021
Signed Apr 7, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Mar 15, 2021 · House Mar 31, 2021
How they voted
35–0
Passed
Total votes 35
Mar 15, 2021
D
Democratic7
100% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican27
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
8
Committee
2
Amendments
1
Apr 7, 2021
Signed into law
Notification that SB204 is now Act 574
upper
Apr 1, 2021
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Mar 31, 2021
Upper · Passed
Returned from the House as passed, as amended #1.
upper
Mar 31, 2021
Lower · Passed
Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
lower
Mar 31, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Mar 30, 2021
Introduced
Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
lower
Mar 29, 2021
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1
lower
Mar 15, 2021
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Mar 10, 2021
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Jan 26, 2021
Introduced
Filed
upper
2 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Gayla H. McKenzie
RRepublican
P
Jim Hendren
IIndependent
Co
Charlene Fite
RRepublican
Co
Dave Wallace
RRepublican
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