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Adoptive and foster care placements; Mutual Family Assessment home study. [HB-1795]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
Adoptive and foster placements; Mutual Family Assessment home study. Requires that home studies conducted by local boards of social services to determine the appropriateness of an adoptive or foster placement comply with the Mutual Family Assessment home study template and any addenda thereto developed by the Department of Social Services. The bill authorizes the Department to amend or update its Mutual Family Assessment home study template and any addenda thereto when necessary to improve the process of adoptive and foster placements, provided
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HB-1795: Adoptive and foster care placements; Mutual Family Assessment home study.
Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher K. Peace
Governor: Approved By Governor-chapter 193 (effective 7/1/17) on 02/23/2017
HB-932: Relating to the collection of information concerning the number of juvenile offenders committed to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department who have been in foster care.
Sponsored by: Sen. Royce West
Signed By The Governor on 05/29/2017
You have voted HB-932: Relating to the collection of information concerning the number of juvenile offenders committed to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department who have been in foster care..
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Female genital mutilation; criminal penalty and civil action. [SB-1060]
[Crime ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Female genital mutilation; criminal penalty and civil action. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person to knowingly circumcise, excise, or infibulate the labia major, labia minora, or clitoris of a minor. The bill makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any parent, guardian, or other person responsible for the care of a minor to consent to such circumcision, excision, or infibulation. The bill also makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any parent, guardian, or other person responsible for the care of a minor to knowingly remove or cause or permit the
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SB-1060: Female genital mutilation; criminal penalty and civil action.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard H. Black
Governor: Approved By Governor-chapter 667 (effective 7/1/17) on 03/20/2017
HB-914: Relating to the administration of services provided by the Department of Family and Protective Services, including foster care, child protective, and prevention and early intervention services.
Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Pena Raymond
Read First Time on 02/21/2017
You have voted HB-914: Relating to the administration of services provided by the Department of Family and Protective Services, including foster care, child protective, and prevention and early intervention services..
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Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth; mission. [SB-1050]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth; mission. Expands the mission of the Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth to include the reduction and prevention of substance use by youth in the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to HB 1751.
SB-1050: Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth; mission.
Sponsored by: Sen. John S. Edwards
Governor: Approved By Governor-chapter 60 (effective 7/1/17) on 02/20/2017
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Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth; mission. [HB-1751]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth; mission. Expands the mission of the Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth to include the reduction and prevention of substance use by youth in the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to SB 1050.
HB-1751: Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth; mission.
Sponsored by: Rep. John M. O'Bannon
Governor: Approved By Governor-chapter 109 (effective 7/1/17) on 02/21/2017
Sex offenses prohibiting proximity to children; penalty. [SB-1072]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Sex offenses prohibiting proximity to children; penalty. Includes in the list of certain sex offenses that prohibit a person from being within 100 feet or residing within 500 feet of a school or certain other property frequented by children or from working on school property any offense similar to such sex offenses under the laws of any foreign country or political subdivision thereof, any federally recognized Native American tribe or band, or the United States or any political subdivision thereof.
SB-1072: Sex offenses prohibiting proximity to children; penalty.
Sponsored by: Sen. Creigh Deeds
Passed By Indefinitely In Finance (16-y 0-n) on 01/31/2017
HB-859: Relating to the authority of a school district to implement a school bus monitoring system that records images, including images of vehicles that pass a stopped school bus; creating an offense; providing for the imposition of penalties.
Sponsored by: Rep. Oscar Longoria
Read First Time on 02/23/2017
You have voted HB-859: Relating to the authority of a school district to implement a school bus monitoring system that records images, including images of vehicles that pass a stopped school bus; creating an offense; providing for the imposition of penalties..
You have voted HB-862: Relating to a waiver of fees for foster care and homeless youth for driver's licenses and personal identification certificates..
HB-750: Relating to a court's jurisdiction in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship over certain young people seeking special immigrant juvenile status and to child protective services caseworkers assigned to those young people.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jessica Cristina Farrar
Considered In Public Hearing on 04/12/2017
You have voted HB-750: Relating to a court's jurisdiction in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship over certain young people seeking special immigrant juvenile status and to child protective services caseworkers assigned to those young people..
You have voted HB-757: Relating to the placement and use of video cameras in self-contained classrooms or other settings providing special education services..
Firearms; restricting access to children, Class 1 misdemeanor. [HB-1684]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Restricting access to firearms by children; mental state; penalty. Removes the requirement that conduct required for a conviction of unlawfully leaving a loaded, unsecured firearm in such a manner as to endanger the life or limb of any child under the age of 14 be reckless. The bill increases the penalty for such violation from a Class 3 misdemeanor to a Class 1 misdemeanor.
HB-1684: Firearms; restricting access to children, Class 1 misdemeanor.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian E. Watts
Left In Militia, Police And Public Safety on 02/07/2017