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HB 447: Domestic Violence

GENERAL BILL by Lynn ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Chestnut ; Waters ; Bullard ; Jacobs ; Sobel ; Dennis ; Fasano ; Greenstein ; Heyman ; Betancourt

Domestic Violence; provides for instruction for circuit & county judges in domestic violence; provides for comprehensive domestic violence education plan & tools; requires council to develop educational programs on domestic violence; prohibits court from awarding visitation rights to parent who has been convicted of capital felony or 1st-degree felony that involved domestic violence, etc. Amends 25.385, 39.902, 44.102, 61.13, 943.171.

Effective Date: 07/01/1999
Last Action: 4/30/1999 House - Died in Committee on Criminal Justice Appropriations (FRC)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
1/26/1999 House • Prefiled
2/3/1999 House • Referred to Judiciary (CJC); Family Law & Children (CJC); Criminal Justice Appropriations (FRC)
3/2/1999 House • Introduced, referred to Judiciary (CJC); Family Law & Children (CJC); Criminal Justice Appropriations (FRC) -HJ 00047
3/16/1999 House • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary (CJC), 03/18/99, 1:00 pm, Morris Hall
3/18/1999 House • Comm. Action: Unanimously Favorable with 2 amendment(s) by Judiciary (CJC) -HJ 00385
3/22/1999 House • Now in Family Law & Children (CJC) -HJ 00385
4/1/1999 House • On Committee agenda-- Family Law & Children (CJC), 04/05/99, 3:30 pm, 317C
4/5/1999 House • Comm. Action: Favorable with 2 amendment(s) by Family Law & Children (CJC) -HJ 00514
4/6/1999 House • Now in Criminal Justice Appropriations (FRC) -HJ 00514
4/30/1999 House • Died in Committee on Criminal Justice Appropriations (FRC)