** REVISION **
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Juvenile Justice & Family Issues 

TIME & DATE:  10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
Wednesday, April 12, 2023 

PLACE:        E2.030 
CHAIR:        Rep. Harold V. Dutton, Jr. 

Testimony will be limited to three (3) minutes.

The order in which bills are heard is at the discretion of the chair.

HB 120         Morales, Christina | et al.                                        
Relating to the terms and conditions of a standard possession order in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.

HB 461         Smith                                     
Relating to a waiver of the requirement for the performance of an adoption evaluation in certain suits for adoption.

HB 532         Patterson | et al.                        
Relating to the establishment of parentage and the duty to pay child support.

HB 811         Meza | et al.                             
Relating to reporting and investigating certain cases of child abuse or neglect involving a pregnant person's use of a controlled substance.

HB 891         Spiller                                   
Relating to the use of expert testimony to challenge the qualifications of or methodology used by a child custody evaluator in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.

HB 980         Cook                                      
Relating to the privilege against disclosure of certain collaborative family law communications.

HB 1086        Hull                                      
Relating to court orders to aid an investigation by the Department of Family and Protective Services.

HB 1087        Hull                                      
Relating to the contents of a petition in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.

HB 1499        Campos                                    
Relating to the duties of court-appointed guardians ad litem, attorneys ad litem, and amicus attorneys in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.

HB 1529        Campos                                    
Relating to procedures in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship filed by the Department of Family and Protective Services.

HB 1695        Jones, Jolanda                            
Relating to the enforcement of an order to pay child support by contempt.

HB 1734        Leach                                     
Relating to the establishment of parentage and the duty to pay child support.

HB 2246        Smithee                                   
Relating to suits affecting the parent-child relationship, including the payment and enforcement of support ordered in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.

HB 2247        Smithee                                   
Relating to certain Title IV-D cases and other cases with respect to child support or Title IV-D agency services and to practices and procedures for the operation of the Title IV-D agency.

HB 2715        Hull | et al.                             
Relating to a prohibition on following an individual and tracking or monitoring the individual's personal property or motor vehicle and to the criminal prosecution of that conduct.

HB 3072        Cook                                      
Relating to the determination of the best interest of a child in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.

HB 3446        Dutton                                    
Relating to court-ordered financial support by parents of an adult with a medically determinable disability.

HB 4062        Harris, Cody                              
Relating to the recording of an interview of a child by a child custody evaluator in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.

For those persons who will be testifying, information for in-person witness registration, can be found here: https://mytxlegis.capitol.texas.gov/HWRSPublic/About.aspx

A live video broadcast of this hearing will be available here: https://house.texas.gov/video-audio/

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Texas residents who wish to electronically submit comments related to agenda items on this notice without testifying in person can do so until the hearing is adjourned by visiting: https://comments.house.texas.gov/home?c=c340

Bills added after last posting:

HB 3072

Bills deleted after last posting:

HB 1197

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