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CS/SB 1022: Determination of Parentage

GENERAL BILL by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs ; Steube

Determination of Parentage; Authorizing a child, the child’s mother, or the child’s alleged parent to file a petition in circuit court to rebut the presumption of legal parentage; requiring the court to appoint a guardian ad litem or an attorney ad litem under certain conditions; specifying that a statistical probability of parentage of 95 percent or more creates a rebuttable presumption that the alleged parent is a biological parent, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2018
 Last Action: 3/10/2018 Senate - Died in Rules
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Judiciary (JU)
  2. Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (CF)
  3. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    11/28/2017 Senate • Filed
    12/13/2017 Senate • Referred to Judiciary; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Rules -SJ 78
    1/5/2018 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 01/10/18, 2:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
    1/9/2018 Senate • Introduced -SJ 78
    1/10/2018 Senate • Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -SJ 141
    1/11/2018 Senate • Now in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs -SJ 141
    1/17/2018 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 01/22/18, 3:30 pm, 401 Senate Office Building
    1/22/2018 Senate • CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 -SJ 205
    1/23/2018 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    • CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs read 1st time -SJ 210
    1/26/2018 Senate • Now in Rules -SJ 205
    3/10/2018 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    • Died in Rules

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  • CS/SB 1022, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/23/2018 at 2:37 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 549 Determination of Parentage Leek Similar Last Action: 3/10/2018 H Died in Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee Track This Bill

    Citations - Statutes (2)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    61.046 Definitions. Page 10 (pdf)
    742.19 Page 3 (pdf)

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  • SB 1022, Original Filed Version Posted 11/28/2017 at 4:11 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Judiciary (Pre-Meeting) 1/9/2018 (pdf)
    Judiciary (Post-Meeting) 1/11/2018 (pdf)
    Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Pre-Meeting) 1/19/2018 (pdf)
    Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Post-Meeting) 1/23/2018 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 549 Determination of Parentage Leek Similar Last Action: 3/10/2018 H Died in Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    181004 - Amendment
    Delete lines 61 - 322 and insert:     		Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
    (Steube)     		1/19/2018
    3:27 PM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    1/22/2018     		Web Page
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    Committee Votes (2)

    Date Committee Result
    1/10/2018 2:00 PM Judiciary 10 Yeas - 0 Nays
    1/22/2018 3:30 PM Children, Families, and Elder Affairs 5 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (3)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    61.046 Definitions. Page 12 (pdf)
    742.13 Definitions. Page 3 (pdf)
    742.19 Page 4 (pdf)

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