Requires DCF or court to consider placement of children with relatives or kinship guardians when making placement decision; makes changes to certain standards for initiating petitions to terminate parental rights.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2021
Committee Review
Jun 2021
Senate Passage
Jun 2021
General Assembly Passage
Jun 2021
Signed into Law
Jul 2021
Introduced May 20, 2021
Signed Jul 2, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Jun 21, 2021 · General Assembly Jun 21, 2021
How they voted
36–0
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 40
Jun 21, 2021
D
Democratic26
96% Yea
R
Republican14
78% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
7
Key actions
4
Committee
1
Jul 2, 2021
Signed into law
Approved P.L.2021, c.154.
executive
Jun 21, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (67-1-3)
lower
Jun 21, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (36-0)
upper
Jun 10, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading
upper
May 20, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee
upper
4 primary · 7 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Chris Tully
DDemocratic
P
FH
Fred H. Madden, Jr.
DDemocratic
P
GM
Gabriela M. Mosquera
DDemocratic
P
HC
Herb Conaway
DDemocratic
Co
Angela McKnight
DDemocratic
Co
Britnee Timberlake
DDemocratic
Co
Lisa Swain
DDemocratic
Co
MM
Mila M. Jasey
DDemocratic
Co
Shanique Speight
DDemocratic
Co
VV
Valerie Vainieri Huttle
DDemocratic
Co
Verlina Reynolds-Jackson
DDemocratic
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