Child Welfare
Summary
Child Welfare; Requiring the Florida Court Educational Council to establish certain standards for instruction of circuit and county court judges for dependency cases; requiring the Department of Law Enforcement to provide certain information to law enforcement officers relating to specified individuals; requiring Child Protection Teams to be capable of providing certain training relating to head trauma and brain injuries in children younger than a specified age; requiring the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission to establish standards for the instruction of law enforcement officers in a specified subject, etc.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House Passage
Mar 2020
Senate Passage
Mar 2020
Signed into Law
Jun 2020
Introduced Jan 14, 2020
Signed Jun 18, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Mar 6, 2020 · House Feb 20, 2020
How they voted
20–0
Passed
Total votes 20
Mar 6, 2020
D
Democratic12
100% Yea
R
Republican8
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
37
Key actions
14
Committee
10
Jun 18, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor
legislature
Mar 12, 2020
Lower · Passed
CS passed as amended; YEAS 113 NAYS 0
lower
Mar 12, 2020
Lower · Passed
Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (755426)
lower
Mar 6, 2020
Upper · Passed
CS passed as amended; YEAS 40 NAYS 0
upper
Mar 5, 2020
Upper · Passed
Amendment(s) adopted (755426)
upper
Feb 27, 2020
Committee
Referred to Rules
upper
Feb 20, 2020
Lower · Passed
CS passed; YEAS 117 NAYS 0
lower
Feb 6, 2020
Lower · Passed
CS by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 15 NAYS 0
lower
Feb 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 02/06/20, 12:00 pm, Morris Hall
lower
Jan 29, 2020
Lower · Passed
Now in Health and Human Services Committee
lower
Jan 29, 2020
Lower · Passed
Favorable by Appropriations Committee; YEAS 29 NAYS 0
lower
Jan 27, 2020
Lower · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee, 01/29/20, 12:30 pm, Webster Hall
lower
Jan 14, 2020
Introduced
Introduced
lower
Oct 24, 2019
Lower · Passed
Now in Appropriations Committee
lower
Oct 24, 2019
Lower · Passed
Favorable by Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0
lower
Oct 17, 2019
Lower · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee, 10/24/19, 9:30 am, 12 HOB
lower
Sep 23, 2019
Committee
Referred to Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee; Health and Human Services Committee
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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