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2011 Senate Bill 437: Foster care services age increase package
Public Act 227 of 2011
Introduced by Sen. Mark Jansen R-Cutlerville on June 14, 2011
To increase from age 19 to 21 the age at which a child who has been made a ward of the state ceases to be, if this is what the person chooses. Official Text and Analysis.
Referred to the Senate Appropriations Committee on June 14, 2011
Reported in the Senate on June 30, 2011
With the recommendation that the bill pass.
Received in the House on June 30, 2011
Referred to the House Families, Children, and Seniors Committee on June 30, 2011
Reported in the House on November 1, 2011
With the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered in the House on November 8, 2011
To replace the previous version of the bill with one that revises details but does not change the substance as previously described.
The substitute passed by voice vote in the House on November 8, 2011
Received in the Senate on November 10, 2011
To concur with the House-passed version of the bill.
Signed by Gov. Rick Snyder on November 22, 2011