SB 7000 (2020) -  Reporting Abuse, Abandonment, and Neglect

General Bill by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
Reporting Abuse, Abandonment, and Neglect: Relocating existing provisions relating to the central abuse hotline of the Department of Children and Families; revising when a person is required to report to the central abuse hotline; providing penalties for the failure to report known or suspected child abuse, abandonment, or neglect; providing responsibilities for child protective investigators relating to animal abuse and neglect; requiring the Education Practices Commission to suspend the educator certificate of certain personnel and administrators for failing to report known or suspected child abuse, etc.
Effective Date: 07/01/2020
Last Event: Died in Messages on Saturday, March 14, 2020 12:00 AM

PCB committee actions:

  • SPB 7000 recommended by:
    Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
    • On agenda for: 10/22/19   11:00 AM
    • Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably (final action) Votes: Yeas 6   Nays 0

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Education
    • On agenda for: 02/03/20 1:30 PM
    • Favorable (final action) Votes: Yeas 6   Nays 0
  • Rules
    • On agenda for: 02/19/20 10:00 AM
    • Favorable (final action) Votes: Yeas 16   Nays 0

Related Bills

(No Related Bills On Record)

Bill Text

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Rules 2/19/2020 2:06:47 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Rules 2/18/2020 9:58:43 AM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Education 2/3/2020 4:42:19 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Education 1/31/2020 1:33:32 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs 10/24/2019 2:07:20 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs 10/21/2019 12:00:35 PM

Vote History

Chamber Date Yeas Nays Action Action 2 Vote Detail Barcode
Chamber: Senate Date: 03/06/2020 05:09 PM   Yeas: 38 Nays: 0 Action: Action 2: Vote Detail: Vote [Seq# 36] Barcode:

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: H Died in Messages Time: 03/14/2020 - 12:00 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: H Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration Time: 03/14/2020 - 12:00 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: H In Messages Time: 03/06/2020 - 6:07 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 -SJ 514 Time: 03/06/2020 - 5:10 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Read 3rd time -SJ 513 Time: 03/06/2020 - 5:09 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Placed on 3rd reading Time: 03/05/2020 - 3:19 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Read 2nd time -SJ 447 Time: 03/05/2020 - 3:17 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/05/20 -SJ 461 Time: 03/03/2020 - 6:21 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading Time: 02/19/2020 - 2:25 PM Member: Committee: Rules Version: __
Event: S Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 -SJ 325 Time: 02/19/2020 - 12:19 PM Member: Committee: Rules Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/19/20, 10:00 am, 110 Senate Building Time: 02/14/2020 - 4:32 PM Member: Committee: Rules Version: __
Event: S Now in Rules Time: 02/03/2020 - 4:46 PM Member: Committee: Rules Version: __
Event: S Favorable by Education; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 -SJ 229 Time: 02/03/2020 - 4:29 PM Member: Committee: Education Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Education, 02/03/20, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building Time: 01/29/2020 - 3:57 PM Member: Committee: Education Version: __
Event: S Introduced -SJ 119 Time: 01/14/2020 - 11:02 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Referred to Education; Rules -SJ 119 Time: 11/18/2019 - 12:22 PM Member: Committee: Education Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 10/22/2019 - 3:14 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 Time: 10/22/2019 - 12:47 PM Member: Committee: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Version: pb
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 10/22/19, 11:00 am, 301 Senate Building Time: 10/14/2019 - 5:22 PM Member: Committee: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Version: pb
Event: S Submitted for consideration by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Time: 10/14/2019 - 5:16 PM Member: Committee: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Version: pb

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
39.01 CS/HB 197, CS/SB 232, HB 413, CS/SB 604, CS/CS/HB 607*, HB 1045, CS/SB 1326*, CS/SB 1548*, CS/SB 1748, CS/CS/HB 7053, HB 7085*
39.101
39.201 HB 83, CS/CS/SB 668, CS/SB 1326*
39.202 CS/CS/SB 122, SB 600, CS/CS/CS/HB 1013, CS/SB 1326*, SB 1616, SB 1688, CS/SB 1748, HB 7035
39.205 CS/SB 1548, HB 7085
39.208
39.301 CS/CS/HB 1105, CS/CS/SB 1324, CS/SB 1326*, CS/SB 1748
39.302 HB 413, CS/CS/HB 1105, CS/CS/SB 1324, CS/SB 1326*, CS/SB 1548, CS/SB 1748
39.307
39.521 HB 413, CS/SB 1326*, CS/SB 1548
39.6012 HB 413, CS/SB 1326*
322.09 CS/SB 1326*
394.495 CS/HB 577, SB 704, CS/SB 870, SB 920, CS/CS/HB 945, CS/HB 1071, HB 1229, CS/SB 1326*, CS/CS/SB 1440, CS/SB 1678, CS/SB 7012
627.746 CS/SB 1326*
828.126
828.27
921.0022 SB 92, HB 273, CS/CS/HB 311, HB 339, SB 560, SB 564, HB 631, CS/CS/SB 728, CS/CS/HB 745*, CS/HB 801, CS/HB 1145, CS/CS/SB 1286, SB 1534, HB 6053
934.03 SB 288, CS/SB 470, CS/HB 793, CS/HB 1457*
934.255 CS/SB 1326*
960.065 CS/SB 1326*
1006.061 CS/SB 534, CS/CS/HB 883
1012.795 CS/SB 534, CS/CS/HB 883

(*) Not the latest version