Paternity

State (Texas)
Texas 89th Legislature 1st Special Session

Relating to a court order for retroactive child support, including for retroactive child support beginning on the date of the child's conception. [HB-88] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Children and Youth ]
Relating to a court order for retroactive child support, including for retroactive child support beginning on the date of the child's conception.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Hillary Hickland Filed on 07/14/2025

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State (Texas)
Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to restricting the collection and use of DNA samples from children in the managing conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services. [HB-5149] [Children and Youth ] [Data Privacy ] [Human Services ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Criminal Justice ]
Relating to restricting the collection and use of DNA samples from children in the managing conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Giovanni Capriglione Effective On 9/1/25 on 06/20/2025

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State (Texas)
Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the retention of certain genetic material and genetic information by the Department of Family and Protective Services. [HB-4377] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Children and Youth ] [Human Services ] [Data Privacy ]
Relating to the retention of certain genetic material and genetic information by the Department of Family and Protective Services.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Giovanni Capriglione Effective On 9/1/25 on 06/20/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Family Law - Grandparent Visitation [SB-1004] [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 that 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 requiring an equity court to grant certain visitation rights if the child resided with the grandparent for at least 12 months, or the child's parent, who is the child of the grandparent, is deceased and the court finds it in the best interest of the child.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson First Reading Senate Rules on 02/10/2025

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State (Texas)
Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to searches of the state registry of paternity. [HB-2301] [Family-Related Legislation ]
Relating to searches of the state registry of paternity.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Candy Noble Referred To Health & Human Services on 05/20/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Family Law - Grandparent Visitation [HB-721] [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 that 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 requiring an equity court to grant certain visitation rights if the child resided with the grandparent for at least 12 months, or the child's parent, who is the child of the grandparent, is deceased, and the court finds it in the best interest of the child.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Caylin Young Hearing Canceled on 02/17/2025

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State (Texas)
Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to a court order for retroactive child support, including for retroactive child support beginning on the date of the child's conception. [SB-942] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Children and Youth ]
Relating to a court order for retroactive child support, including for retroactive child support beginning on the date of the child's conception.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bryan Hughes Committee Report Sent To Calendars on 05/20/2025

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State (Texas)
Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to a court order for retroactive child support, including for retroactive child support beginning on the date of the child's conception. [HB-1980] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Children and Youth ]
Relating to a court order for retroactive child support, including for retroactive child support beginning on the date of the child's conception.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Hillary Hickland Scheduled For Public Hearing On . . . on 05/05/2025

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State (Texas)
Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the establishment of parentage and the duty to pay retroactive child support, including the duty to pay retroactive child support beginning on the date of the child's conception. [HB-1671] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Children and Youth ]
Relating to the establishment of parentage and the duty to pay retroactive child support, including the duty to pay retroactive child support beginning on the date of the child's conception.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jeff Leach Scheduled For Public Hearing In S/c On . . . on 05/05/2025

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State (Louisiana)
Louisiana 2024 Regular Session

Provide relative to the presumption of paternity [HB-796] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Children and Youth ]
Provide relative to the presumption of paternity

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Wilford Carter Read By Title, Under The Rules, Referred To The Committee On Civil Law And Procedure. on 04/02/2024

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State (Alaska)
Alaska 33rd Legislature

Child Support For Unborn Children [HB-321] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Children and Youth ] [Human Services ]
An Act establishing child support for unborn children; relating to the duties of the child support services agency; and amending Rule 90.3, Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Eastman Read The First Time - Referrals on 02/14/2024

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State (Louisiana)
Louisiana 2024 Regular Session

Provides relative to paternity [HB-81] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Children and Youth ]
Provides relative to paternity

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mandie Landry Read By Title, Under The Rules, Referred To The Committee On Civil Law And Procedure. on 03/11/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Courts - Immunity From Liability - Maryland Safe Haven Program [HB-1323] [Children and Youth ] [Healthcare ] [Human Services ] [Public Health ] [Public Safety ]
Altering, clarifying, and expanding certain provisions of law relating to the immunity from liability of a parent who leaves an unharmed newborn with a responsible adult within 60 days of the birth under certain circumstances; requiring the Secretary of Human Services to develop, implement, and maintain a public information program to inform the public about the Maryland Safe Haven Program; and requiring the Secretary of Human Services to submit a report to the General Assembly about the Maryland Safe Haven Program.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. William Wivell Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Family Law - Paternity - Surname (Maryland Paternal Naming Rights Act) [HB-1298] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Children and Youth ]
Authorizing the father of a child to file a petition to add the father's surname to the child's name under certain circumstances and establishing related court procedures; and requiring the Maryland Judiciary to develop and update, as appropriate, a training program for judges presiding over petitions filed under the Act.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Caylin Young Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/12/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Courts - Immunity From Liability - Maryland Safe Haven Program [SB-912] [Children and Youth ] [Healthcare ] [Human Services ] [Public Health ] [Public Safety ]
Altering, clarifying, and expanding certain provisions of law relating to the immunity from liability of a parent who leaves an unharmed newborn with a responsible adult under certain circumstances; requiring the Secretary of Human Services to develop, implement, and maintain a public information program to inform the public about the Maryland Safe Haven Program; and requiring the Secretary of Human Services to annually submit a report to the General Assembly about the Maryland Safe Haven Program beginning December 31, 2025.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/11/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Courts - Immunity From Liability - Maryland Safe Haven Program [SB-873] [Children and Youth ] [Healthcare ] [Human Services ] [Public Health ] [Public Safety ]
Altering, clarifying, and expanding certain provisions of law relating to the immunity from liability of a parent who leaves an unharmed newborn with a responsible adult within 60 days of the birth under certain circumstances; requiring the Secretary of Human Services to develop, implement, and maintain a public information program to inform the public about the Maryland Safe Haven Program; and requiring the Secretary of Human Services to submit a report to the General Assembly about the Maryland Safe Haven Program.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay Approved By The Governor - Chapter 366 on 04/25/2024

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 113th General Assembly

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 24 and Title 36, relative to parentage. [HB-2431] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Children and Youth ]
As introduced, specifies that if a man has executed a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity, then the man and the mother of the child born out of wedlock are legal parents of the child; specifies that the mother of a child born out of wedlock is the child's legal parent and has primary residential care and custody of the child absent an order of custody to the contrary. - Amends TCA Title 24 and Title 36.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Andrew Farmer Taken Off Notice For Cal In S/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee Of Civil Justice Committee on 03/26/2024

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 113th General Assembly

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 24 and Title 36, relative to parentage. [SB-2056] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Children and Youth ]
As introduced, specifies that if a man has executed a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity, then the man and the mother of the child born out of wedlock are legal parents of the child; specifies that the mother of a child born out of wedlock is the child's legal parent and has primary residential care and custody of the child absent an order of custody to the contrary. - Amends TCA Title 24 and Title 36.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Raumesh Akbari Assigned To General Subcommittee Of Senate Judiciary Committee on 03/27/2024

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State (South Dakota)
South Dakota 2024 Regular Session

Allow for an action to establish paternity after age eighteen based on genetic test results. [HB-1123] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Children and Youth ]
Allow for an action to establish paternity after age eighteen based on genetic test results.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Phil Jensen Scheduled For Hearing on 02/21/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Public Health - Childbirth - Paternity Test [SB-201] [Public Health ] [Healthcare ] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Children and Youth ]
Requiring, when a child is born at a health care facility, the attending physician to offer to the presumed father of the child the option to take a paternity test; requiring that the offer to take a paternity test be made orally and in writing and before a birth certificate form for the child is completed; allowing the presumed father the option to waive the right to take a paternity test or elect to take a paternity test at any time before completion of the child's birth certificate; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Watson Hearing 2/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/11/2024

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