2025 bills / H.B. 30
H.B. 30 Indian Family Preservation Act Amendments (2025)
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- Senate committee
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What this bill does
AI summary from the official description
This bill creates a Utah Indian Family Preservation Act that sets state rules for child custody, foster care, adoption, and placement of Indian children. It also updates existing state law to refer to this new state act instead of the federal Indian Child Welfare Act.
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Official description
- enacts the Indian Family Preservation Act (state act), including:
- defining terms
- addressing effective date and severability
- requiring inquiry into Indian status
- providing for what constitutes best interests of an Indian child
- addressing jurisdiction over child custody proceedings
- providing for actions related to pending court proceedings
- stating parental rights
- providing for voluntary termination of rights
- establishing how consent or other actions are invalidated
- addressing placement of Indian children
- creating a process to return custody of an Indian child
- addressing information related to tribal affiliation and protection of rights
- authorizing agreements between the state and Indian tribes under certain circumstances
- addressing improper removal of an Indian child
- explaining the application of state or federal standards
- providing for emergency removal or placement of an Indian child
- addressing recordkeeping and information availability
- replaces cites to the federal Indian Child Welfare Act with cites to the state act
- addresses right to counsel
- addresses sharing of information by agreement
- exempts certain time frame preferences under the state act
- makes technical and conforming amendments
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