BILL · 2011–12 SESSION
SB 5245: Extended foster care
Providing for extended foster care.
Summary
- Provides foster youth who are legally dependent on the state and who reach the age of eighteen while still in foster care with continued foster care services to support basic and healthy transition into adulthood. Engages in the fostering connections act by supporting foster youth to age nineteen with the goal of increasing support to age twenty-one as resources become available.
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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedJan 19, 2011
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Debbie Regala (D-27)
- Introduced
- January 19, 2011 in the Senate
- Last action
- April 11, 2012
- Companion bill
- HB 1128
- Budget
- Has a fiscal note
AN ACT Relating to extended foster care services;
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Debbie Regala (D-27)
2 co-sponsors (2 Democrats, 0 Republicans)
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
History
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections.
SB 5245 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
- SB 5245 (2025–26) Legislature oath of office
- SB 5245 (2023–24) Biosolids
- SB 5245 (2021–22) Safety of crime victims
- SB 5245 (2019–20) Critical area designation
- SB 5245 (2017–18) Veteran definition
- SB 5245 (2015–16) Substance abuse programs
- SB 5245 (2013–14) Student suspension data
- SB 5245 (2009–10) Evidence in admin hearings