CHILDREN: Provides for testimony of medical experts in child custody and in need of care cases. (8/1/26)
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2026 Regular Session
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Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary A. · Feb 19, 2026
Senate
Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A. · Mar 9, 2026
Senate
Rules suspended. Reported with amendments. · Apr 7, 2026
Senate
Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage. · Apr 8, 2026
Senate
Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. · Apr 13, 2026
Senate
Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules. · Apr 13, 2026
House
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. · Apr 14, 2026
House
Reported favorably (6-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. · Apr 22, 2026
House
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. · Apr 23, 2026
House
Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. · Apr 27, 2026
House
Scheduled for floor debate on 04/28/2026. · Apr 27, 2026
House
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. · Apr 28, 2026
House
Received from the House without amendments. · Apr 28, 2026
Senate
Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. · Apr 29, 2026
Senate
Signed by the Speaker of the House. · Apr 29, 2026
House
Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. · Apr 29, 2026
Senate
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 9. · Apr 30, 2026
Senate
Effective date 8/1/2026. · Apr 30, 2026
Senate
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Sponsors
Valarie Hodges
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Effective date 8/1/2026. (Apr 30, 2026).