BILL · 2023–24 SESSION

HB 1873: Social service workers/OPD

Concerning office of public defense social service workers for parents in child welfare cases.

Summary

Creates a pilot project administered by the Office of Public Defense (OPD) that provides indigent parents in dependency and termination cases with voluntary access to a social service worker contracted by OPD beginning at a shelter care hearing.

From the House Bill Analysis 2024 (HB 1873), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to office of public defense social service workers for parents in child welfare cases;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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HB 1873 (2019–20) Vapor product taxation · Enacted · Chapter 445, Laws of 2019
HB 1873 (2017–18) Lead-based paint fees · Did not pass · stalled on the House floor
HB 1873 (2015–16) Physicians and PA's · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1873 (2013–14) Higher ed child care grants · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1873 (2011–12) Competition council · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1873 (2009–10) High-speed rail committee · Did not pass · died in committee