Child Custody
Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the statute of limitations for interference with child custody. [HB-559]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Relating to the statute of limitations for interference with child custody.
Sponsored by: Rep. Briscoe Cain
Referred Directly To Subcommittee By Chair on 02/28/2023
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Relating to the terms and conditions of a standard possession order in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. [HB-120]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
Relating to the terms and conditions of a standard possession order in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
Sponsored by: Rep. Valoree Swanson
Referred To State Affairs on 05/09/2023
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North Carolina 2021-2022 Session
Organized Retail Theft [SB-766]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Organized Retail Theft
Sponsored by: Sen. Danny Britt
Ch. Sl 2022-30 on 06/30/2022
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North Carolina 2021-2022 Session
Increase Admin. Rate/Foster Care & Adoption [HB-999]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
Increase Admin. Rate/Foster Care & Adoption
Sponsored by: Rep. Dennis Riddell
Passed 1st Reading on 05/23/2022
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Alaska 32nd Legislature
Cina: Citizens' Review Panels [HB-337]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
An Act relating to citizen review panels for certain children in state custody; reestablishing the Citizens' Review Panel for Permanency Planning; and providing for an effective date.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Prax
Read The First Time - Referrals on 02/17/2022
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Alaska 32nd Legislature
Parental Rights: Voluntary Relinquishment [HB-346]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
An Act relating to the voluntary relinquishment of parental rights.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sara Rasmussen
Read The First Time - Referrals on 02/17/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Family Law - Custody Evaluators - Qualifications and Training [HB-1407]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Education ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
[Mental Health ]
Requiring that an individual meet certain educational and experiential requirements in order to be appointed or approved by a court as a custody evaluator; requiring that, beginning October 1, 2023, an individual complete 20 hours of initial training in certain areas in order to be appointed or approved by a court as a custody evaluator; requiring that an individual receive 5 hours of ongoing education and training every 2 years in order to continue to be appointed or approved by a court as a custody evaluator; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Geraldine Valentino-Smith
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/17/2022
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Alabama Regular Session 2022
Child custody, prioritizing custody decisions, pre-placment investigations authorized in certain custody cases, Secs. 30-3-1, 30-3-152 am'd. [SB-226]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
Child custody, prioritizing custody decisions, pre-placment investigations authorized in certain custody cases, Secs. 30-3-1, 30-3-152 am'd.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Whatley
Indefinitely Postponed on 04/06/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Early Childhood Development - Child Care Scholarship Program - Alterations and Study [SB-920]
[Children and Youth ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the State Department of Education to establish a certain process for granting presumptive eligibility for a subsidy under the Child Care Scholarship Program; requiring the Department to award a certain subsidy to an individual who submits certain proof; prohibiting the Department or the Comptroller from seeking reimbursement or repayment of a certain subsidy from certain individuals under certain circumstances, except for cases of suspected fraud; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nancy King
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 526 on 05/29/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Child Custody - Legal Decision-Making and Parenting Time [HB-1168]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
Repealing references to the terms "child custody" and "visitation" in certain instances and substituting the terms "legal decision-making" and "parenting time" in certain instances; authorizing the court, in determining certain legal decision-making authority and parenting time in certain child custody proceedings, to consider certain factors; authorizing the court to award joint legal decision-making to both parents or make other modifications to a custody or visitation order under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Family Law - Grandparent Visitation [HB-1195]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
Altering the circumstances under which an equity court is authorized to grant visitation rights to a grandparent of a child to include if the child's parent is deceased or the petition for visitation rights was filed after an action for divorce, annulment, custody, or paternity was filed by a parent of the child; and specifying the circumstances under which an equity court is required to grant visitation rights to a grandparent of a child.
Sponsored by: Rep. Talmadge Branch
Hearing 2/24 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Family Law - Grandparent Visitation [HB-1141]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring an equity court to consider certain factors, including the amount of personal time spent between the grandparent and the child before the filing of a petition, whether child wants to have visitation with the grandparent and whether the grandparent was unduly denied visitation by the child's parent, when determining whether it is in the best interest of a child to grant visitation rights to a grandparent.
Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Adams
Hearing 2/24 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Child Custody - Relocation of Child - Expedited Hearing [HB-1036]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring a court to schedule a hearing on a certain petition regarding the proposed relocation of a child who is the subject of a custody or visitation order on an expedited basis under certain circumstances; and altering certain provisions relating to a violation of a certain notice provision.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shaneka Henson
Hearing 2/24 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/11/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Early Childhood Development - Child Care Scholarship Program - Alterations and Study [HB-995]
[Children and Youth ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring the State Department of Education to establish a process for granting presumptive eligibility for a subsidy under the Child Care Scholarship Program; requiring the Department to award a subsidy to an individual who submits certain proof; prohibiting the Department and the Comptroller from seeking reimbursement or repayment of a certain subsidy from certain individuals under certain circumstances, except for cases of suspected fraud; requiring the Comptroller to pay a child care provider within 5 days of receiving a certain notice; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Julie Palakovich Carr
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 525 on 05/29/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Family Law - Grandparent Visitation [HB-943]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
Providing that an equity court may grant visitation rights to a grandparent of a child if both the child's living parents consent, one of the child's living parents consents, both of the child's living parents are unable to consent, or exceptional circumstances exist that demonstrate current or future detriment to the child absent visitation with the grandparent.
Sponsored by: Rep. Haven Shoemaker
Hearing 2/24 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/11/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Family Law - Joint Custody [HB-947]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing a rebuttable presumption in certain child custody proceedings that certain custodial arrangements are in the best interest of the child; and providing for the shared payment of certain costs if a joint legal and physical custodial arrangement is awarded.
Sponsored by: Rep. Haven Shoemaker
Hearing 2/24 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/11/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Family Law - Child Custody Actions - Considered Judgment of Minor Children [SB-889]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
Establishing a rebuttable presumption that certain minor children in certain actions involving child custody or child access have considered judgment; requiring a child advocate attorney to be appointed to represent a certain child under certain circumstances; and authorizing a certain child to take certain actions as though the child were a party under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Child Custody – Legal Decision–Making and Parenting Time [SB-849]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
Repealing references to the terms "child custody" and "visitation" in certain instances and substituting the terms "legal decision-making" and "parenting time" in certain instances; authorizing the court, in determining certain legal decision-making authority and parenting time in certain child custody proceedings, to consider certain factors; authorizing the court to award joint legal decision-making to both parents or make other modifications to a custody or visitation order under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Chris West
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Cannabis Reform [SB-833]
[Cannabis ]
[Small Business ]
[Crime ]
[Economic Development ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission to conduct a baseline study of cannabis use in the State; establishing the Cannabis Business Assistance Fund in the Department of Commerce to provide assistance to small, minority, and women-owned businesses entering the adult-use cannabis industry; altering certain provisions relating to penalties, charging procedures, expungement, shielding, and sentencing for certain marijuana-related offenses; legalizing the use and possession of marijuana under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Third Reading Passed (29-17) on 04/01/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Correctional Services – Pregnancy and Postpartum Support (Prevention of Forced Infant Separation Act) [SB-776]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Division of Correction to allow a certain pregnant woman and a certain woman who recently gave birth to transfer to the prerelease unit for women for a certain time period; establishing the Healthy Start Bonding Program to facilitate strong bonds between incarcerated women and their children; and requiring the Division to allow liberal visitation between certain individuals and certain children under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Hearing 3/09 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2022