Relating to a hearing concerning the temporary removal of a child from the home

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedFebruary 5, 2020
2. ✓
   Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 13, 2020
3. ✕
   Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
4. Next: Passes the Senate
5. Next: House committee
6. Next: Passes the House
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill relates to a hearing concerning the temporary removal of a child from the home. The bill directs the department of human services to amend its administrative rules to allow a child’s grandparents, aunts, uncles, adult siblings, guardian, and foster parents to testify at a hearing concerning the temporary removal of the child from the home of the child’s parents or the home where the child has been placed by the department.

Full bill text¹

Senate subcommittee

Named February 13, 2020. Meeting: Tuesday, February 18 · 2:30 PM · RM G17.

• Sen. Mark Segebart R
• Sen. Jim Carlin R
• Sen. Amanda Ragan D

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