Florida House Bill 449 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Failed on March 14 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-14 - Died in Civil Justice Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Authorizes circuit courts to create early childhood court programs; requires early childhood court programs have certain components; provides requirements & guidelines for OSCA when hiring community coordinators & statewide training specialist; authorizes Trial Court Budget Commission to provide funding to circuit courts that choose to establish coordination system in lieu of creating community coordinator position; requires DCF to contract with certain university-based centers; requires university-based centers to hire clinical director.

Early Childhood Courts

Rep. Amber Mariano [R]

Rep. Alex Andrade [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-14	House	Died in Civil Justice Subcommittee
2020-03-14	House	Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
2020-01-14	House	Introduced
2019-10-30	House	Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee; Judiciary Committee
2019-10-24	House	Filed

S236 (Same As) 2020-03-14 - Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice
S1324 (Similar To) 2020-03-11 - Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 1105
H1105 (Similar To) 2020-06-30 - Chapter No. 2020-138

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
39	01304		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/449
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/449/BillText/Filed/PDF