l9n/ Connecticut

2014 Regular Session

House Bill 5304

AN ACT PREVENTING HOMELESSNESS FOR YOUTH UNDER THE CARE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Appropriations Committee on April 4, 2014. The 2014 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To combat homelessness in the children and youths of the state by requiring the Department of Children and Families to (1) keep such children and youths under the care and custody of the department unless the child or youth has a suitable residence, (2) ensure legal representation for children and youths who have been involuntarily discharged from the care and custody of the department, and (3) allow children and youths to be discharged to a nonrelative, nonguardian adult if the department determines it is in the child or youth's best interest to do so.

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

In the Senate

    1 co-sponsor

    Danté Bartolomeo

    Its course

    February 21 to April 4, 2014, 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 action10 actions on 6 days

    In the House of RepresentativesFeb 21 to Apr 4 · stopped42 days

    Committee on ChildrenFeb 21 to Mar 1118 days

    Appropriations CommitteeApr 4 to Apr 4 · stopped0 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 Feb 21 – Apr 4

    1. Feb 21Introduced and sent to Committee on Children
    2. Feb 28Heard in Committee on Children
    3. Mar 11Committee on Children recommended it
    4. Apr 4Sent to Appropriations Committee
    All 10 actions, as published
    1. Feb 21REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Feb 28PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
    3. Mar 11Joint FavorableBoth houses
    4. Mar 11FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    5. Mar 21REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
    6. Mar 27RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    7. Mar 27FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
    8. Mar 27HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives
    9. Mar 27FILE NO.Both houses
    10. Apr 4REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ONHouse of Representatives