Legislation

Altering the definition of "mental injury" for the purpose of specified child abuse and neglect statutes to include the observable, identifiable, and substantial impairment of a child's mental or psychological ability to function that results from the child's exposure to an act that constitute a crime of violence, under specified provisions of law, committed by a parent or household or family member against a parent or household or family member.

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Original:: Judiciary Click to view Recorded Media

Opposite:: Judicial Proceedings

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Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): October 1, 2017

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/25/2017 Legislative Date 1/25/2017 Action First Reading Judiciary Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Child Neglect - Reporting - Commission of Crime of Violence in Presence of Minor Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/25/2017 Legislative Date 1/25/2017 Action Hearing 2/09 at 1:00 p.m. Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Vote - House - Committee - Judiciary Proceedings Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 4/07/2017 Legislative Date 4/07/2017 Action Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 4/07/2017 Legislative Date 3/31/2017 Action Favorable with Amendments {912312/1 Adopted Proceedings 65 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 4/07/2017 Legislative Date 3/31/2017 Action Second Reading Passed with Amendments Proceedings 65 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - Third - Family Law - Child Abuse and Neglect - Mental Injury Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 4/08/2017 Legislative Date 4/01/2017 Action Third Reading Passed (138-0) Proceedings 66 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 4/10/2017 Legislative Date 4/02/2017 Action Referred Rules Proceedings 62 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 4/10/2017 Legislative Date 4/10/2017 Action Rereferred to Judicial Proceedings Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action	Proceedings
House	1/25/2017	1/25/2017	First Reading Judiciary
			Text - First - Child Neglect - Reporting - Commission of Crime of Violence in Presence of Minor
House	1/25/2017	1/25/2017	Hearing 2/09 at 1:00 p.m.
			Vote - House - Committee - Judiciary	Click to view Recorded Media
House	4/07/2017	4/07/2017	Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
House	4/07/2017	3/31/2017	Favorable with Amendments {912312/1 Adopted	65 Click to view Recorded Media
House	4/07/2017	3/31/2017	Second Reading Passed with Amendments	65 Click to view Recorded Media
			Text - Third - Family Law - Child Abuse and Neglect - Mental Injury
House	4/08/2017	4/01/2017	Third Reading Passed (138-0)	66 Click to view Recorded Media
Senate	4/10/2017	4/02/2017	Referred Rules	62 Click to view Recorded Media
Senate	4/10/2017	4/10/2017	Rereferred to Judicial Proceedings

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