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2021 SPECIAL SESSION I
SB 1325 Visitation; petition of grandparent.
Introduced by: Siobhan S. Dunnavant | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Visitation; petition of grandparent. Allows a grandparent who has petitioned the court for visitation of a minor grandchild, in cases where the parent of the minor grandchild is deceased or incapacitated, to introduce evidence of such deceased or incapacitated parent's consent to visitation with the grandparent. The bill provides that if the parent's consent is proven by a preponderance of the evidence, the court may then determine if grandparent visitation is in the best interest of the minor grandchild.
FULL TEXT
- 01/12/21 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102917D pdf
- 01/27/21 Senate: Committee substitute printed 21103796D-S1 pdf
- 02/17/21 House: Committee substitute printed 21200181D-H1 pdf
- 02/25/21 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1325ER) pdf
- 03/18/21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0253) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
HISTORY
- 01/12/21 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102917D
- 01/12/21 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 01/27/21 Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (12-Y 2-N)
- 01/27/21 Senate: Committee substitute printed 21103796D-S1
- 01/29/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/21 Senate: Read second time
- 02/01/21 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/01/21 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 21103796D-S1
- 02/01/21 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1325S1
- 02/02/21 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (35-Y 4-N)
- 02/05/21 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/05/21 House: Read first time
- 02/05/21 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/08/21 House: Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice by voice vote
- 02/12/21 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/21 House: Assigned Courts sub: Civil
- 02/17/21 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/21 House: Committee substitute printed 21200181D-H1
- 02/19/21 House: Read second time
- 02/22/21 House: Read third time
- 02/22/21 House: Committee substitute agreed to 21200181D-H1
- 02/22/21 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1325H1
- 02/22/21 House: Passed House with substitute (98-Y 1-N)
- 02/22/21 House: VOTE: Passage (98-Y 1-N)
- 02/23/21 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (37-Y 2-N)
- 02/23/21 Senate: Title replaced 21200181D-H1
- 02/25/21 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/25/21 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1325ER)
- 02/25/21 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/26/21 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/01/21 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
- 03/01/21 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 03/18/21 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 253 (effective 7/1/21)
- 03/18/21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0253)