File Code: Family Law
Prior Year Introduction As: SB 605/04 - JPR
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 696  
- Sponsored By: 
 - 
Delegate Rosenberg
 
- Entitled: 
 - 
Juvenile Causes - Child in Need of Assistance - Court Hearings and
Findings
 
Requiring a juvenile court in specified hearings concerning a child in
need of assistance to make a finding whether a local department of
social services made reasonable efforts to prevent placement of the
child into the local department's custody; requiring the court in
specified review hearings to make a finding whether the local
department made reasonable efforts to finalize the child's permanency
plan and meet the child's needs; requiring the court to consider
specified factors in making a finding; etc.
House Action
- 2/11
 - First Reading Judiciary
 - 2/17
 - Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 4/4
 - Favorable Report by Judiciary
 - 3/31
 - Favorable Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed
 - 4/1
 - Third Reading Passed (132-0)
 - 4/9
 - Returned Passed
 
Senate Action
- 4/4
 - First Reading Senate Rules
 - 4/8
 - Re-referred Judicial Proceedings
 - 4/11
 - Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
 - 4/7
 - Favorable Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed
 - 4/8
 - Third Reading Passed (45-0)
 
Action after passage in House  and Senate
- 5/26
 - Governor vetoed - Cross-filed bill was signed
 
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- CHILD ABUSE
 - COUNTIES -see also- CHARTERED COUNTIES; CODE COUNTIES
 - COURTS -see also- CIRCUIT; APPEALS; DISTRICT; ORPHANS'; etc.
 - EVIDENCE
 - FAMILY LAW -see also- ADOPTION; ANNULMENT; DIVORCE; etc
 - FOSTER CARE
 - HEARINGS
 - JUVENILE CAUSES
 - MINORS -see also- AGE OF MAJORITY; YOUTH
 - REPORTS
 - SOCIAL SERVICES -see also- WELFARE
 - SOCIAL WORKERS
 
Bill affects the following Statutes:
-   Courts and Judicial Proceedings
 - (
 3-801 ,
 3-801 ,
 3-801 ,
 3-802 ,
 3-815 ,
 3-815 ,
 3-816.1 ,
 3-817 ,
 3-819 ,
 3-823 
)
 -   Family Law
 - (
 5-319 
)
 
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
 First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled
 - Fiscal Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
 Available
 - Amendments:
None offered
 - Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
 House 
- April 1, 2005: Third Reading Passed  (132-0)
 
Senate
- April 8, 2005: Third Reading Passed  (45-0)