Bill Text: NC H699 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Study Children of Incarcerated Parents

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-07 - Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House [H699 Detail]

Download: North_Carolina-2011-H699-Amended.html

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2011

H                                                                                                                                                    1

HOUSE BILL 699

 

 

Short Title:        Study Children of Incarcerated Parents.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representative Bordsen (Primary Sponsor). For a complete list of Sponsors, see Bill Information on the NCGA Web Site.
Referred to:	Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House.

April 7, 2011

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT providing that The North Carolina Sentencing and Policy Advisory Commission shall study the issues surrounding children of incarcerated parents.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  The North Carolina Sentencing and Policy Advisory Commission shall study the issues relating to children of incarcerated parents.  In conducting its study, the Commission shall examine the immediate and long‑term effects of parental incarceration on the care, education, health, and life outcomes of children, look at what is currently being done in North Carolina to assist these children and their parents, determine if other measures are needed, and review any other matters as the Committee deems relevant to this study.

SECTION 2.  The Commission shall report to the General Assembly no later than 30 days before that session reconvenes in 2012.

SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.