Relating to domestic relations proceedings involving parties with a history of domestic abuse

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedFebruary 11, 2019
2. ✓
   Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 13, 2019
3. ✓
   Done: Senate committeeMarch 6, 2019
4. ✕
   Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
5. Next: House committee
6. Next: Passes the House
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill provides that if a petitioner includes in the petition for a dissolution of marriage a statement that a history of domestic abuse exists as specified in the bill under current law, the allegation of a history of domestic abuse as established by competent evidence constitutes grounds of emergency or necessity on which basis the court may determine immediate action is warranted or required, hold a hearing, and grant a decree dissolving the marriage prior to the expiration of the usual waiting period before a decree may be granted.

Full bill text¹

Senate subcommittee

Named January 15, 2020. It hasn’t reported yet.

• Sen. Dan Dawson REmail
• Sen. Kevin Kinney D
• Sen. Amy Sinclair REmail

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