2025 bills / S.B. 45
S.B. 45 Juvenile Court Procedures Amendments (2025)
- Introduced
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- House committee
- House vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
AI summary from the official description
The bill lets a parent ask a court to change an existing permanent custody and guardianship order, under specified circumstances. It also clarifies whether a district court or juvenile court keeps authority over such an order, and requires a juvenile court in certain cases to order a parent to file that order with the district court.
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Official description
- describes circumstances under which a parent may file a petition to modify an order of permanent custody and guardianship
- addresses whether a district court or juvenile court retains jurisdiction over an order of permanent custody and guardianship
- provides that a juvenile court shall order a parent to file an order of permanent custody and guardianship with the district court in certain circumstances
- makes technical and conforming changes
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What members get
- An alert the day S.B. 45 is put on a committee agenda, with time and room, so you can be there to speak
- When S.B. 45 is rewritten, exactly which words changed
- Its hearings in your own calendar
- Your own scorecard: pick the side you favor and see how every legislator voted
Every vote
- 26 yes, 0 no, 3 absentFinal Senate vote · Jan 21, 2025Who voted how
- 10 yes, 0 no, 1 absentHouse Judiciary Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 12, 2025Who voted how
- 67 yes, 0 no, 8 absentFinal House vote · Feb 20, 2025Who voted how