Child Welfare
Summary
Child Welfare; Specifying circumstances under which a court is required or authorized, on or after a specified date, to appoint a guardian ad litem in certain proceedings; renaming the Guardian Ad Litem Qualifications Committee as the Child Well-Being Qualifications Committee; requiring the Statewide Guardian Ad Litem Office to develop guidelines to identify conflicts of interest of guardians ad litem; creating the Statewide Office of Child Representation within the Justice Administrative Commission; specifying when the court is required or authorized to appoint an attorney for the child, etc.
Bill status
died
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 11, 2022
Last action Mar 14, 2022
Floor votes
How they voted
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Jan 12, 2022
Upper · Passed
Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice
upper
Jan 11, 2022
Upper · Passed
Favorable by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
upper
Jan 11, 2022
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Jan 6, 2022
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 01/11/22, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
upper
Nov 30, 2021
Committee
Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Lauren Book
DDemocratic
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