Relating to foster care placement in and the licensing of certain residential child-care facilities.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
May 2021
House Passage
Apr 2021
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 1, 2021
Last action May 10, 2021
Floor votes · House Apr 30, 2021
How they voted
113–0
Passed · 16 other
Total votes 129
Apr 30, 2021
D
Democratic51
84% Yea
R
Republican78
89% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
23
Key actions
8
Committee
8
May 10, 2021
Committee
Referred to Health & Human Services
upper
May 10, 2021
Introduced
Read first time
upper
May 3, 2021
Introduced
Received from the House
upper
Apr 30, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
Apr 29, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed to engrossment
lower
Apr 26, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
Apr 24, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
Apr 23, 2021
Lower · Passed
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
lower
Apr 16, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
lower
Mar 9, 2021
Lower · Passed
Left pending in committee
lower
Mar 9, 2021
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
lower
Mar 1, 2021
Committee
Referred to Human Services
lower
Mar 1, 2021
Introduced
Read first time
lower
3 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
IM
Ina Minjarez
DDemocratic
P
JW
James White
RRepublican
P
JJ
Jarvis Johnson
DDemocratic
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