SB 948 (2022) -  Child Welfare

General Bill by Book
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.
Effective Date: 07/01/2022
Last Event: 03/14/22 S Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice on Monday, March 14, 2022 1:02 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
    • On agenda for: 01/11/22 1:30 PM
    • Favorable (final action) Votes: Yeas 7   Nays 0
  • Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice
  • Appropriations

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: HB 1549 Subject: Child Representation Relationship: Identical

Bill Text

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs 1/12/2022 9:38:01 AM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs 1/11/2022 3:56:45 PM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice Time: 03/14/2022 - 1:02 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice Version: __
Event: S Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration Time: 03/12/2022 - 12:00 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice Time: 01/12/2022 - 9:41 AM Member: Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice Version: __
Event: S Favorable by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 114 Time: 01/11/2022 - 3:47 PM Member: Committee: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Version: __
Event: S Introduced -SJ 64 Time: 01/11/2022 - 11:01 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 01/11/22, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building Time: 01/06/2022 - 1:52 PM Member: Committee: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Version: __
Event: S Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations -SJ 64 Time: 11/30/2021 - 8:32 AM Member: Committee: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 11/16/2021 - 4:50 PM Member: Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
28.345 HB 1549
29.007 HB 1549
39.001 HB 1549
39.00145 HB 1549
39.01 CS/CS/HB 341, CS/CS/SB 692*, CS/CS/SB 1408*, HB 1549
39.013 HB 1549, SB 1894, HB 7065*
39.01305 HB 1549
39.0132 CS/CS/HB 383, CS/CS/SB 596, CS/CS/HB 1453*, HB 1549
39.0139 HB 1549
39.202 HB 1549
39.302 HB 1549
39.402 HB 1549, SB 1894
39.407 CS/CS/HB 893, CS/CS/SB 1120, HB 1549
39.4085 HB 563, SB 792, HB 1549
39.502 HB 1549, SB 1894
39.521 HB 1549, SB 1894
39.6011 HB 1549
39.6012 HB 1549
39.6251 HB 1549
39.701 HB 1549
39.702 HB 1549
39.801 HB 1549, SB 1894
39.802 HB 1549
39.808 HB 1549
39.810 HB 1549
39.811 HB 1549
39.812 HB 1549
39.822 HB 1549
39.8296 HB 1549
39.83 HB 1549
39.831 HB 1549
43.16 SB 386, HB 1549, HB 6061
63.085 HB 1369, SB 1390, HB 1549
322.09 HB 1549
394.495 CS/CS/HB 1143, HB 1549, CS/SB 1844*
627.746 HB 1549
768.28 CS/CS/SB 80*, CS/CS/SB 358, SB 450, HB 799, HB 857, HB 953, CS/CS/CS/SB 974, CS/CS/HB 985, SB 1172, SB 1370, CS/HB 1521, HB 1549, CS/HB 6513*, CS/HB 6521
934.255 HB 1549
960.065 HB 1549

(*) Not the latest version