HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Juvenile Justice & Family Issues 

TIME & DATE:  10:00 AM, Monday, March 8, 2021 

PLACE:       E2.014 
CHAIR:       Rep. Victoria Neave 

HB 39          Neave | et al.
Relating to protective orders; making conforming changes.

HB 80          Johnson, Jarvis                                        
Relating to the discharge by certain defendants of fines and costs through community service.

HB 451         Moody                                                 
Relating to persons authorized to conduct a marriage ceremony.

HB 454         Metcalf                                               
Relating to the creation of a specialty treatment court for certain individuals residing with a child who is the subject of a juvenile court case.

HB 567         Frank                                                 
Relating to the procedures and grounds for terminating the parent-child relationship, for taking possession of a child, and for certain hearings in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship involving the Department of Family and Protective Services.

HB 675         Ramos                                                 
Relating to the participation of armed forces members in a marriage ceremony through video conference technology.

HB 686         Moody | et al.                                         
Relating to the release on parole of certain inmates convicted of an offense committed when younger than 18 years of age; changing parole eligibility.

HB 756         Dutton                                                
Relating to a suit for possession of or access to a child by a grandparent.

HB 851         Cook                                                  
Relating to the admission by a party of a material and substantial change of circumstances in a motion to modify an order in certain family law cases.

HB 853         Cook                                                  
Relating to possession of and access to a child less than three years of age.

HB 865         Thompson, Senfronia                                    
Relating to spousal maintenance.

HB 867         Thompson, Senfronia                                    
Relating to the issuance of a qualified domestic relations order for the payment of spousal maintenance and child support obligations.

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