AN ACT relating to child welfare.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2021
Committee Review
Mar 2021
House Passage
Mar 2021
Senate Passage
Mar 2021
Signed into Law
Mar 2021
Introduced Feb 9, 2021
Signed Mar 22, 2021
Floor votes · House Mar 1, 2021
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
21
Key actions
9
Committee
7
Mar 22, 2021
Signed into law
signed by Governor (ActsCh. 61)
lower
Mar 16, 2021
Upper · Passed
enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
upper
Mar 16, 2021
Lower · Passed
enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
lower
Mar 16, 2021
Lower · Passed
3rd reading, passed 36-0
lower
Mar 15, 2021
Lower · Passed
passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day
lower
Mar 11, 2021
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
lower
Mar 3, 2021
Committee
to Health & Welfare (S)
upper
Mar 2, 2021
Committee
to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Mar 1, 2021
Lower · Passed
3rd reading, passed 92-0 with Committee Substitute
lower
Feb 25, 2021
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
lower
Feb 24, 2021
Lower · Passed
posted in committee
lower
Feb 23, 2021
Committee
to Health & Family Services (H)
lower
Feb 9, 2021
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Feb 9, 2021
Introduced
introduced in House
lower
18 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Adam Bowling
RRepublican
P
Bill Wesley
RRepublican
P
Brandon Reed
RRepublican
P
D.J. Johnson
RRepublican
P
Danny Bentley
RRepublican
P
Deanna Gordon
RRepublican
P
Derek Lewis
RRepublican
P
James Tipton
RRepublican
P
Jennifer Decker
RRepublican
P
Josh Bray
RRepublican
P
Kim Moser
RRepublican
P
Melinda Gibbons Prunty
RRepublican
P
Norma Kirk-McCormick
RRepublican
P
Robert Goforth
RRepublican
P
Scott Sharp
RRepublican
P
Susan Westrom
DDemocratic
P
Tom Smith
RRepublican
P
William Lawrence
RRepublican
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