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CS/CS/SB 1598: Deployed Parent Custody and Visitation

GENERAL BILL by Rules ; Judiciary ; Passidomo

Deployed Parent Custody and Visitation; Creating provisions entitled “Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act”; providing requirements for proceeding for custodial responsibility of a child of a servicemember; authorizing a court to grant caretaking authority or limited contact to a nonparent under certain conditions; providing for the termination of a grant of authority; authorizing a court to modify or terminate a temporary grant of custodial responsibility, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2018
Last Action: 3/6/2018 Senate - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1217 (Ch. 2018-69) -SJ 747
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Judiciary (JU)
  2. Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security (MS)
  3. Rules (RC)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
1/5/2018 Senate • Filed
1/12/2018 Senate • Referred to Judiciary; Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; Rules -SJ 180
1/17/2018 Senate • Introduced -SJ 180
1/22/2018 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 01/25/18, 10:00 am, 110 Senate Office Building
1/25/2018 Senate • CS by Judiciary; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 -SJ 227
1/26/2018 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
1/29/2018 Senate • Now in Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security -SJ 227
• On Committee agenda-- Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security, 02/01/18, 11:30 am, 37 Senate Office Building
1/30/2018 Senate • CS by Judiciary read 1st time -SJ 234
2/1/2018 Senate • Favorable by Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -SJ 257
• Now in Rules -SJ 257
2/2/2018 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/07/18, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
2/7/2018 Senate • CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 -SJ 337
2/8/2018 Senate • Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• CS/CS by Rules read 1st time -SJ 340
2/14/2018 Senate • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 337
3/2/2018 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/18 -SJ 771
3/6/2018 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 747
• Substituted CS/CS/HB 1217 -SJ 747
• Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1217 (Ch. 2018-69) -SJ 747