Minors

State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the availability of certain pre-suit discovery in connection with a claim involving injury to or death of a minor. [HB-116] [Children and Youth ] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ]
Relating to the availability of certain pre-suit discovery in connection with a claim involving injury to or death of a minor.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ken King Read First Time on 02/13/2017

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Custody and visitation orders; use of term parenting time. [HB-1456] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Children and Youth ]
Custody and visitation orders; parenting time. Provides that the court, in its discretion and as to a parent, may use the phrase "parenting time" to be synonymous with the term "visitation" in a custody or visitation order.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Albo Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0046) on 02/17/2017

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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to commissioned security officers employed by the board of trustees of a school district. [SB-101] [Education ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Crime ]
Relating to commissioned security officers employed by the board of trustees of a school district.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bob Hall Read First Time on 01/25/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to allowing a person who will be 18 years of age on the date of the general election for state and county officers to vote in the preceding primary elections. [HB-368] [Elections ] [Voting Rights ] [Children and Youth ]
Relating to allowing a person who will be 18 years of age on the date of the general election for state and county officers to vote in the preceding primary elections.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Donna Howard Read First Time on 02/16/2017

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Social Services, Department of; survey for children aging out of foster care. [HB-1451] [Children and Youth ] [Human Services ] [Social Security ]
Department of Social Services; survey for children aging out of foster care. Directs the Department of Social Services, in coordination with the Commission on Youth, to develop a process and standardized survey to gather feedback from children aging out of foster care.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0187) on 02/23/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the establishment of the task force on asylum-seeking children. [HB-278] [Children and Youth ] [Human Services ] [Immigration ]
Relating to the establishment of the task force on asylum-seeking children.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Donna Howard Scheduled For Public Hearing On . . . on 05/03/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the prosecution of the offense of improper relationship between educator and student. [HB-333] [Crime ] [Education ] [Children and Youth ] [Criminal Justice ] [Law Enforcement ]
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of improper relationship between educator and student.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Briscoe Cain Scheduled For Public Hearing In S/c On . . . on 03/20/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the authority of general-law municipalities to restrict sex offenders from child safety zones in the municipality. [SB-76] [Crime ] [Public Safety ] [Children and Youth ]
Relating to the authority of general-law municipalities to restrict sex offenders from child safety zones in the municipality.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jane Nelson Co-author Authorized on 02/14/2017

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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the functions of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department. [HB-314] [Children and Youth ] [Criminal Justice ] [Human Services ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ]
Relating to the functions of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jarvis Johnson Read First Time on 02/15/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to an educational module certificate requirement for certain immunization exemptions; authorizing a fee. [HB-126] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Education ] [Children and Youth ]
Relating to an educational module certificate requirement for certain immunization exemptions; authorizing a fee.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sarah Davis Read First Time on 02/13/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the capacity of certain minors to consent to examination or medical treatment related to contraception. [HB-330] [Healthcare ] [Children and Youth ] [Public Health ]
Relating to the capacity of certain minors to consent to examination or medical treatment related to contraception.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Gonzalez Scheduled For Public Hearing On . . . on 03/29/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to a notification requirement if a public school, including an open-enrollment charter school, does not have a nurse, school counselor, or librarian assigned to the school during all instructional hours. [SB-196] [Education ] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Children and Youth ]
Relating to a notification requirement if a public school, including an open-enrollment charter school, does not have a nurse, school counselor, or librarian assigned to the school during all instructional hours.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Eddie Lucio Vetoed By The Governor on 06/15/2017

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Family life education; certain curricula and standards of learning. [SB-828] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Education ] [Children and Youth ] [Public Safety ] [Crime ]
Family life education; child sexual abuse. Requires the Board of Education to include in its standards of learning for family life education standards for age-appropriate instruction in the prevention, recognition, and awareness of child abduction, child abuse, child sexual exploitation, and child sexual abuse. The bill also requires such standards to be taught in grades K through 12.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Janet Howell Passed By Indefinitely In Education And Health (8-y 6-n) on 01/26/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to consent to the immunization of certain children for cancer prevention or treatment. [HB-97] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Children and Youth ]
Relating to consent to the immunization of certain children for cancer prevention or treatment.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sarah Davis Read First Time on 02/14/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the eligibility of certain persons younger than 18 years of age to preregister to vote. [SB-187] [Elections ] [Voting Rights ] [Children and Youth ]
Relating to the eligibility of certain persons younger than 18 years of age to preregister to vote.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Carlos Uresti Read First Time on 01/25/2017

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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the prosecution of the offense of improper relationship between educator and student. [HB-49] [Crime ] [Education ] [Children and Youth ] [Criminal Justice ] [Law Enforcement ]
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of improper relationship between educator and student.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ryan Guillen Referred Directly To S/c On Educator Quality By Chair on 03/14/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to a human papillomavirus immunization report. [HB-107] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Science ]
Relating to a human papillomavirus immunization report.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Donna Howard Read First Time on 02/13/2017

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Parenting time; replaces "visitation" in statutory language. [HB-271] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Children and Youth ]
Parenting time. Replaces "visitation" with "parenting time" in statutory language relating to the custody and visitation of minor children. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2017.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Albo Left In Courts Of Justice on 12/01/2016

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Adoption; leave benefit. [SB-271] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Human Services ] [Children and Youth ]
Adoption leave benefit. Creates a new classification of paid leave for a state employee who adopts an infant. The amount of leave would be equivalent to the amount of paid leave awarded to an employee pursuant to short-term disability for maternity leave. The Department of Human Resource Management is directed to develop guidelines and policies for implementing the adoption leave benefit.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas Garrett Left In Appropriations on 12/01/2016

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Operation of a child welfare agency without a license; negligence resulting in death or injury. [SB-419] [Children and Youth ] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ] [Human Services ] [Law Enforcement ]
Operation of a child welfare agency without a license; negligence resulting in death of or injury to a child; penalty. Provides that in any case in which a person operates or engages in the conduct of a child welfare agency without first obtaining a license, and a child under the care or supervision of such child welfare agency suffers death or serious bodily injury as a result of the child care provider's negligent operation of such child welfare agency, such person is guilty of a Class 4 felony.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jill Vogel Left In Finance on 12/02/2016

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