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SB 462: Family Law

GENERAL BILL by Lee

Family Law; Providing that a collaborative law process commences when the parties enter into a collaborative law participation agreement; prohibiting a tribunal from ordering a party to participate in a collaborative law process over the party’s objection; providing for confidentiality of communications made during the collaborative law process, etc.

Effective Date: Except as otherwise expressly provided in this act, this act shall take effect July 1, 2015
Last Action: 4/28/2015 House - Died on Calendar
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Judiciary (JU)
  2. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    1/22/2015 Senate • Filed
    1/28/2015 Senate • Referred to Judiciary; Rules -SJ 62
    2/26/2015 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/03/15, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
    3/3/2015 Senate • Introduced -SJ 62
    • Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -SJ 191
    3/4/2015 Senate • Now in Rules -SJ 191
    3/9/2015 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/12/15, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Office Building
    3/12/2015 Senate • Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 -SJ 192
    • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 192
    • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/18/15
    3/18/2015 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 220
    • Placed on 3rd reading
    4/14/2015 Senate • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 422
    • Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 422
    4/22/2015 Senate • Retained on Special Order Calendar -SJ 503
    4/23/2015 Senate • Retained on Special Order Calendar -SJ 600
    4/24/2015 Senate • Retained on Special Order Calendar -SJ 633
    4/27/2015 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 679
    • Read 3rd time -SJ 679
    • Passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 -SJ 679
    4/27/2015 House • In Messages
    • Referred to Calendar -HJ 865
    • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/28/15
    • Received -HJ 865
    4/28/2015 House • Temporarily postponed, on 2nd Reading -HJ 883
    • Died on Calendar

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  • SB 462, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/22/2015 at 2:33 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Judiciary (Pre-Meeting) 3/2/2015 (pdf)
    Judiciary (Post-Meeting) 3/3/2015 (pdf)
    Rules (Pre-Meeting) 3/11/2015 (pdf)
    Rules (Post-Meeting) 3/12/2015 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 503 (c1) Family Law Spano Similar Last Action: 4/28/2015 H Died on Calendar
    Location: On 2nd Reading Calendar

    Committee Votes (2)

    Date Committee Result
    3/3/2015 4:00 PM Judiciary 10 Yeas - 0 Nays
    3/12/2015 9:00 AM Rules 12 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Floor Votes (1)

    Date Chamber Result
    4/27/2015 4:09 PM Senate 39 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (4)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    61.55 Page 2 (pdf)
    61.56 Page 2 (pdf)
    61.57 Page 5 (pdf)
    61.58 Page 7 (pdf)

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