Bill Summary

SB 1796 Siblings Placed in Out-of-home Care (2025 Session)
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Sponsors
by Calatayud
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Summary
Siblings Placed in Out-of-home Care; Providing for the importance of visitation, and not just contact, between siblings who have been separated; requiring the court to hold a hearing, take evidence, and hear arguments if a motion for sibling visitation or contact is contested; providing that a court retains jurisdiction over a dependent child in a permanent guardianship for certain purposes relating to sibling visitation or contact, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
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committees of reference
» S Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
   S Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
   S Fiscal Policy
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Actions
02/28/25
SENATE
Filed
03/07/25
SENATE
Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy
05/03/25
SENATE
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
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bill text & filed amendments
1796
Filed on 02/28/25
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No amendments to this bill text filed.
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Statute Citations
39.4024
39.6221
63.093
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