CS/CS/HB 1385: Civil Remedy for Parental Abduction
GENERAL BILL by Judiciary Committee ; Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee ; Aristide ; Rayner ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Eskamani ; Gantt ; Gottlieb ; Hunschofsky ; López, J. ; Mooney ; Nixon ; Plasencia ; Rizo ; Salzman
Civil Remedy for Parental Abduction; Provides civil cause of action if child is unlawfully abducted from parent for specified amount of time; provides standard of proof & specified damages; authorizes reasonable attorney fees & costs for either party; provides when specified timeframe begins; provides affirmative defenses; requires specified court division to preside over such cause of action; provides statute of limitations; tolling such statute of limitations.
Last Action: 5/3/2025 Senate - Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
Bill Text: PDF
- Rules (RC)
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 2/27/2025 House • Filed
3/4/2025 House • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
3/5/2025 House • Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
• Referred to Judiciary Committee
• Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
4/8/2025 House • PCS added to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee agenda
4/10/2025 House • Favorable with CS by Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
• Reported out of Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
• Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
• CS Filed
4/11/2025 House • Referred to Judiciary Committee
• Now in Judiciary Committee
• 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
4/15/2025 House • Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
4/17/2025 House • Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee
• Reported out of Judiciary Committee
• Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
• CS Filed
• 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
4/18/2025 House • Bill referred to House Calendar
• Added to Second Reading Calendar
4/22/2025 House • Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/25/2025)
4/25/2025 House • Read 2nd time
• Placed on 3rd reading
• Added to Third Reading Calendar
• Read 3rd time
• CS passed; YEAS 108, NAYS 0
4/25/2025 Senate • In Messages
4/28/2025 Senate • Referred to Rules
• Received
5/3/2025 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
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CS/CS/HB 1385, Committee Substitute 2 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/17/2025 at 2:32 PM
Bill Text: PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills S 1506 Failure to Comply with a Time-sharing Schedule Davis Compare Last Action: 5/3/2025 S Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration 
Floor Votes (1)
Date Chamber Result 4/25/2025 5:31 PM House 108 Yeas - 0 Nays Citations - Statutes (1)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 772.111 Page 1 (pdf) -
CS/HB 1385, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 4/10/2025 at 3:40 PM
Bill Text: PDF Analyses: Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 4/10/2025 (pdf)
Judiciary Committee (Post-Meeting) 4/17/2025 (pdf)
Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills S 1506 Failure to Comply with a Time-sharing Schedule Davis Compare Last Action: 5/3/2025 S Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
Committee Amendments (1)
Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format 125409 - Strike All Amendment
Remove everything after the enacting clause and insert:Aristide 4/16/2025
4:39 PMAdopted
4/17/2025PDF Citations - Statutes (1)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 772.111 Page 1 (pdf) -
HB 1385, Original Filed Version Posted 2/27/2025 at 4:27 PM
Bill Text: PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills S 1506 Failure to Comply with a Time-sharing Schedule Davis Similar Last Action: 5/3/2025 S Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
Citations - Statutes (1)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 61.13 Support of children; parenting and time-sharing; powers of court. Page 1 (pdf)