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Last Updated: May 7, 2014
Senate Bill 203: Improving Parents' Access to Counsel
Sponsors:
Senator Lambert, Senator Newell, Representative May, Representative GardnerSummary:
The bill creates the office of the respondent parents' counsel in the state judicial department, effective July 1, 2015, in order to provide high-quality legal representation to parents involved in dependency and neglect proceedings and who lack the finances to obtain legal representation.
HSLDA's Position:
Support. Action Requested:
None at this time Status:
| 4/16/2014 | (Senate) | Introduced and Referred to Judiciary Committee |
| 4/23/2014 | (Senate) | Judiciary Committee Refers Amended to Appropriations |
| 4/25/2014 | (Senate) | Judiciary Committee Refers Unamended to the Senate Committee of the Whole |
| 4/29/2014 | (Senate) | Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee |
| 4/30/2014 | (Senate) | Third Reading Passed - No Amendments |
| 4/30/2014 | (House) | Introduced to House - Assigned to Judiciary |
| 5/1/2014 | (House) | Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Appropriations |
| 5/2/2014 | (House) | Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole |
| 5/2/2014 | (House) | Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments |
| 5/5/2014 | (House) | Third Reading Passed - No Amendments |
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