Children's Ombudsman, Office of the, and Children's Advocacy Fund; created.
Summary
Creates the Office of the Children's Ombudsman to provide ombudsman services, including investigation of complaints, advocacy, and information for children, parents, and citizens involved with child-serving agencies, as defined in the bill. The bill provides for the Office of the Governor to conduct a needs assessment with the Department of General Services to provide for the office space needs of the Office of the Children's Ombudsman. The bill also creates the Children's Advocacy Fund for the purpose of supporting the operations of the Office of the Children's Ombudsman. The Fund would be funded in part by fines collected from criminal offenses involving a child.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 8, 2019
Last action Feb 5, 2019
Floor votes
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
4
Key actions
0
Committee
2
Jan 14, 2019
Committee
Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources
lower
Jan 8, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Jan 8, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103801D
lower
1 primary · 11 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Chris L. Hurst
DDemocratic
Co
Creigh Deeds
DDemocratic
Co
Dawn Adams
DDemocratic
Co
Debra H. Rodman
DDemocratic
Co
Jennifer Boysko
DDemocratic
Co
Karrie Delaney
DDemocratic
Co
Kaye Kory
DDemocratic
Co
Marcus Simon
DDemocratic
Co
Mark H. Levine
DDemocratic
Co
Michael P. Mullin
DDemocratic
Co
Terry Austin
RRepublican
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