CHILDREN/CUSTODY: Provides for evaluations in child custody proceedings (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
This bill amends the existing law regarding child custody evaluations by removing specific procedural language from the statute. The changes directly affect family law proceedings by deleting certain lines that previously outlined how these evaluations are conducted. By striking out these sections, the legislation alters the current legal framework without adding new requirements or definitions. The bill focuses on refining the text of the law rather than introducing new policies or outcomes for parents and children.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
May 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
Jun 2024
Introduced Feb 27, 2024
Signed Jun 10, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 16, 2024 · House May 28, 2024
How they voted
33–0
Passed · 6 other
Total votes 39
May 16, 2024
D
Democratic11
72% Yea
R
Republican28
89% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
29
Key actions
5
Committee
5
May 28, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 98, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
lower
May 16, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 1, 2024
Committee
Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
Apr 30, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported with amendments.
upper
Apr 16, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 2, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (8-0-1).
lower
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
lower
Feb 27, 2024
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Dixon McMakin
RRepublican
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