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Senate amends child-welfare bill after debate over appeals, removes $5 million Senate fiscal amendment
Summary
Second substitute H.B. 237 (child welfare amendments) was circled and amended after floor debate raised concerns that Senate committee language created a $5 million fiscal note and might alter parents' rights of appeal; amendment #2 was adopted to remove the committee alteration, sponsors said appellate rights were preserved, and the bill passed 25-0.
Senator Dayton moved floor amendment number 2 under his name to remove language the Senate committee had added to second substitute H.B. 237. The committee amendment had reportedly introduced a roughly $5 million fiscal note and language that some senators said could change appellate routes for juvenile-court determinations.
Senator Valentine questioned whether the amendment would remove the right of appeal to the…
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