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2009 Regular Session

Senate Bill 137

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE ON GRANDPARENTS' RIGHTS TO VISITATION.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary Committee on March 17, 2009. The 2009 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To take a deep look into the issue of grandparents' rights to visit their grandchildren. Currently, grandparents do not have a right to see their grandchildren, which can be distressing to the grandparent and grandchild.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

1 co-sponsor

Mary Ann Handley

Its course

January 20 to March 17, 2009, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action11 actions on 10 days

In the SenateJan 20 to Mar 17 · stopped56 days

Human Services CommitteeJan 20 to Mar 1251 days

Judiciary CommitteeMar 12 to Mar 17 · stopped5 days

Text

Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

In the Senate Jan 20 – Mar 12

  1. Jan 20Introduced and sent to Human Services Committee
  2. Jan 30Heard in Human Services Committee
  3. Mar 4Drafted as a bill by Human Services Committee
  4. Mar 5Sent to Human Services Committee
  5. Mar 12Human Services Committee recommended a substitute for it and sent it to Judiciary Committee
All 11 actions, as published
  1. Jan 20REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
  2. Jan 27Reserved for Subject Matter Public HearingBoth houses
  3. Jan 30PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
  4. Feb 26Vote to DraftBoth houses
  5. Mar 4DRAFTED BY COMMITTEEBoth houses
  6. Mar 5REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
  7. Mar 12Joint Favorable Substitute Change of ReferenceBoth houses
  8. Mar 13FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
  9. Mar 13RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
  10. Mar 16FAV. CHG. OF REF., SEN. TO COMM. ONSenate
  11. Mar 17FAV. CHG. OF REF. HOUSE TO COMM. ONHouse of Representatives