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SB 972: Family Law

GENERAL BILL by Lee

Family Law; Citing this act as the “Collaborative Law Process Act”; providing that a collaborative law process begins when the parties enter into a collaborative law participation agreement; prohibiting a tribunal from ordering a party to participate in a collaborative law process over the party’s objection; providing for confidentiality of communications made during the collaborative law process, etc.

Effective Date: Except as otherwise expressly provided in this act, this act shall take effect July 1, 2016
 Last Action: 3/2/2016 Senate - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 967 (Ch. 2016-93) -SJ 562
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Judiciary (JU)
  2. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    11/30/2015 Senate • Filed
    12/11/2015 Senate • Referred to Judiciary; Rules -SJ 73
    1/7/2016 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 01/12/16, 3:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
    1/12/2016 Senate • Introduced -SJ 73
    • Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -SJ 180
    1/13/2016 Senate • Now in Rules -SJ 180
    1/15/2016 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 01/20/16, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
    1/20/2016 Senate • Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 13 NAYS 0 -SJ 238
    1/21/2016 Senate • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 238
    2/29/2016 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/02/16
    3/2/2016 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 562
    • Substituted HB 967 -SJ 562
    • Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 967 (Ch. 2016-93) -SJ 562

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  • SB 972, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 11/30/2015 at 3:48 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Judiciary (Pre-Meeting) 1/11/2016 (pdf)
    Judiciary (Post-Meeting) 1/12/2016 (pdf)
    Rules (Pre-Meeting) 1/19/2016 (pdf)
    Rules (Post-Meeting) 1/20/2016 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 967 (er) Family Law Stevenson Identical Last Action: 3/24/2016 Chapter No. 2016-93
    Location: Became Law     		Track This Bill

    Committee Votes (2)

    Date Committee Result
    1/12/2016 3:00 PM Judiciary 10 Yeas - 0 Nays
    1/20/2016 4:00 PM Rules 13 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (4)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    61.55 Page 2 (pdf)
    61.56 Page 2 (pdf)
    61.57 Page 5 (pdf)
    61.58 Page 7 (pdf)

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