Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary Committee on January 17, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.
2023 Regular Session
House Bill 5461
AN ACT CONCERNING PROFESSIONAL MALPRACTICE COMMITTED BY A GUARDIAN AD LITEM IN A FAMILY RELATIONS PROCEEDING.
What it does
The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.
To: (1) Ensure that parents, guardians and others aggrieved by the professional malpractice of a guardian ad litem appointed in a family relations matter have the ability to bring a civil malpractice action against such guardian ad litem, and (2) abolish qualified or absolute immunity as a defense that may be raised by a guardian ad litem in a professional malpractice action.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
Its course
January 17 to January 17, 2023, 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 action1 action on 1 day
In the House of RepresentativesJan 17 to Jan 17 · stopped0 days
Judiciary CommitteeJan 17 to Jan 17 · stopped0 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 House of Representatives Jan 17
- Jan 17Introduced and sent to Judiciary Committee
All 1 actions, as published
- Jan 17REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses