HB453
Kinship foster care; barrier crimes.
Summary
As Passed Both Chambers. Kinship foster care; barrier crimes.
Allows local boards of social services or child-placing agencies to approve kinship foster care parent applicants who have been convicted of certain felony drug offenses if five years have elapsed since the date of the conviction, where under current law 10 years must have elapsed in order to be eligible ... (More) for approval as a kinship foster care parent. The bill also adds exceptions for certain misdemeanor assault and battery convictions not involving a minor if five years have elapsed since the date of the conviction. The bill directs the State Board of Social Services to adopt regulations to implement the provisions of the bill to be effective no later than September 1, 2024. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/08/2024 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104807D
- 01/08/2024 - House: Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
- 01/16/2024 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB453)
- 01/17/2024 - House: Assigned sub: Social Services
- 02/01/2024 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/2024 - House: Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/2024 - House: Read first time
- 02/09/2024 - House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/12/2024 - House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/2024 - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/2024 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/13/2024 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
- 02/23/2024 - Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendments (11-Y 1-N 3-A)
- 02/26/2024 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/2024 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/27/2024 - Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/27/2024 - Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/27/2024 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/27/2024 - Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (34-Y 5-N)
- 02/29/2024 - House: Senate amendments agreed to by House (97-Y 2-N)
- 02/29/2024 - House: VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 2-N)
- 03/06/2024 - House: Enrolled
- 03/06/2024 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB453ER)
- 03/06/2024 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB453ER)
- 03/06/2024 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/07/2024 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/2024 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
- 03/11/2024 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
- 04/05/2024 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 529 (effective 7/1/24)
- 04/05/2024 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0529)
