Require notice of parent legal rights in child protective services cases
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2023
Committee Review
Mar 2023
Senate Passage
Apr 2023
House Passage
May 2023
Signed into Law
Jul 2023
Introduced Jan 17, 2023
Signed Jul 18, 2023
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
52
Key actions
11
Committee
6
Amendments
6
Jul 18, 2023
Signed into law
(S) Signed by Governor
upper
May 11, 2023
Lower · Passed
(H) Returned to Senate Concurred in Governor's Proposed Amendments
lower
May 3, 2023
Amended
(H) 3rd Reading Governor's Proposed Amendments Adopted
lower
May 2, 2023
Amended
(H) 2nd Reading Governor's Proposed Amendments Adopted
lower
May 2, 2023
Introduced
(S) Returned with Governor's Proposed Amendments
upper
Apr 24, 2023
Lower · Passed
(H) Signed by Speaker
lower
Apr 19, 2023
Upper · Passed
(S) Signed by President
upper
Apr 13, 2023
Upper · Passed
(S) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House
upper
Apr 11, 2023
Amended
(S) 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred
upper
Apr 6, 2023
Introduced
(H) Returned to Senate with Amendments
lower
Apr 5, 2023
Lower · Passed
(H) 3rd Reading Concurred
lower
Mar 24, 2023
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
lower
Mar 23, 2023
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
lower
Mar 22, 2023
Introduced
(C) Amendments Available
legislature
Mar 11, 2023
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee
lower
Jan 31, 2023
Upper · Passed
(S) 3rd Reading Passed
upper
Jan 26, 2023
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report--Bill Passed
upper
Jan 25, 2023
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed
upper
Jan 20, 2023
Introduced
(C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
legislature
Jan 18, 2023
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee
upper
Jan 17, 2023
Introduced
(S) Introduced
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Dennis Lenz
RRepublican
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