HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships 

TIME & DATE:  2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
Tuesday, April 22, 2025 

PLACE:       E1.014 
CHAIR:       Rep. Harold V. Dutton, Jr. 

HCR 16         Schatzline
Affirming that fatherhood is essential to the development of all children.

HB 782         Thompson                                              
Relating to the transfer of a protective order.

HB 2159        Gámez                                                 
Relating to the capacity of a minor to consent to certain treatment for the minor or the minor's child.

HB 2288        Dutton                                                
Relating to an affirmative defense by the respondent to an application for a protective order.

HB 3281        Dutton | et al.                                        
Relating to procedures and grounds for termination of the parent-child relationship.

HB 3819        Johnson                                               
Relating to the use of remote technology when conducting uncontested probate proceedings.

HB 4656        Vasut                                                 
Relating to the determination of the best interest of the child in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.

HB 4696        Garcia, Linda                                         
Relating to the remote participation of certain persons in a proceeding for the issuance or modification of a protective order.

HB 5494        Bryant                                                
Relating to the determination of parentage of a child conceived by assisted reproduction.

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