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2005 Regular Session

House Bill 6871

AN ACT CONCERNING THE QUALITY OF LEGAL REPRESENTATION IN CHILD PROTECTION PROCEEDINGS.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives on May 23, 2005. The 2005 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To eliminate the conflict of interest inherent in the current method of appointing attorneys in certain juvenile matters by establishing a Commission on Child Protection that shall have responsibility for administering a system for the appointment of attorneys in cases in which a child is alleged to be uncared-for, neglected, abused, dependent or in a family with service needs, or is the subject of a petition for termination of parental rights, and to ensure a high quality of legal representation for children and indigent parents in such cases by requiring the commission to establish training, practice and caseload standards.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

Its course

March 3 to May 23, 2005, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action26 actions on 15 days

In the House of RepresentativesMar 3 to May 23 · stopped81 days

Judiciary CommitteeMar 3 to Apr 533 days

Appropriations CommitteeApr 5 to Apr 1914 days

Government Administration and Elections CommitteeMay 10 to May 111 day

Joint Committee on Legislative ManagementMay 17 to May 236 days

Text

Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Mar 3 – May 23

  1. Mar 3Introduced and sent to Judiciary Committee
  2. Mar 31Heard in Judiciary Committee
  3. Apr 5Judiciary Committee recommended a substitute for it and sent it to Appropriations Committee
  4. Apr 19Appropriations Committee recommended a substitute for it
  5. May 10Sent to Government Administration and Elections Committee
  6. May 11Government Administration and Elections Committee recommended it
  7. May 17Sent to Joint Committee on Legislative Management
  8. May 23Joint Committee on Legislative Management recommended it
All 26 actions, as published
  1. Mar 3REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
  2. Mar 31PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
  3. Apr 5Joint Favorable Substitute Change of ReferenceBoth houses
  4. Apr 6FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
  5. Apr 7RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
  6. Apr 9FAV. CHG. OF REF. HOUSE TO COMM. ONHouse of Representatives
  7. Apr 11FAV. CHG. OF REF., SEN. TO COMM. ONSenate
  8. Apr 19Joint Favorable SubstituteBoth houses
  9. Apr 21FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
  10. Apr 28REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
  11. May 4RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
  12. May 4FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
  13. May 4HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives
  14. May 4FILE NO.Both houses
  15. May 10REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ONHouse of Representatives
  16. May 11Joint FavorableBoth houses
  17. May 11FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
  18. May 11RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
  19. May 11NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ONBoth houses
  20. May 11TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
  21. May 17REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ONHouse of Representatives
  22. May 23Joint FavorableBoth houses
  23. May 23FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
  24. May 23RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
  25. May 23NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ONBoth houses
  26. May 23TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives