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HB0191 • 2013

Emergency child placement background checks.

AN ACT relating to criminal history record information; providing for state and national criminal history checks for emergency child placement; and providing for an effective date.

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Inactive

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Sponsor
Representative Greene
Last action
2013-02-26
Official status
inactive
Effective date
Not listed

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Amendments

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HB0191HS001

Standing Committee • H01

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted Standing Committee by H01

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Bill History

  1. 2013-02-26 Senate

    S Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to SR 5-4

  2. 2013-01-31 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S01

  3. 2013-01-31 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  4. 2013-01-30 House

    H Passed 3rd Reading

  5. 2013-01-29 House

    H Passed 2nd Reading

  6. 2013-01-28 House

    H Passed CoW

  7. 2013-01-28 House

    H Amendments Adopted

  8. 2013-01-28 House

    Amendment Adopted

  9. 2013-01-24 House

    H Placed on General File

  10. 2013-01-24 House

    H01 Recommended Amend and Do Pass

  11. 2013-01-17 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H01

  12. 2013-01-16 House

    H Received for Introduction

  13. 2013-01-15 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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WORKING DRAFT
2013
STATE OF
WYOMING
13LSO-0161.E1

HOUSE BILL
NO.
HB0191

Emergency child placement background checks.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Greene
, Freeman,
Gingery,
Harvey and Krone and Senator(s) Craft and Landen

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to
criminal history record information; providing for state and national criminal history checks for emergency child placement;
and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1.

W.S. 7
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19
‑
201
(a)

by crea
ting a new paragraph
(xxi)
and by creating a new
subsection
(f)
is amended to read:

7
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19
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201.

State or national criminal history record information.

(a)

The following persons shall be required to submit to fingerprinting in order to obtain state and national criminal history record information:

(xxi)

M
ember
s

of a household
in which a
child
is p
laced
as provided in subsection (f) of this section
.

(f)

When a child is taken into custody in emergency circumstances to protect the health, safety or welfare of the child and placed in a pr
ivate home
that has not been previously approved by the
d
epartment of
f
amily
s
ervices, the division of criminal investigation shall
obtain
state and national criminal history record
information
based on a name search
for each member of the household
over the age of eighteen (18) years
. No
more
than fifteen (15) days after
the
division obtains the criminal history information based on a name search,
each member of the
household
over the age of eighteen (18) years
sh
all submit to fingerprinting
to obtain state and national criminal history record information.

If the household member refuses to submit to fingerprinting
within fifteen (15) days
, the child shall be immedi
ately removed from the home
.

Section 2.

This act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.

(END)

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