VISITATION BILLS - 2022
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PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE
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HB 388 State facilities; video visitation
Introduced by: Rodney T. Willett [R]
State facilities; video visitation. Requires the director of every state facility to establish a process by which individuals receiving services at the state facility are able to receive virtual visits from any person designated by the individual receiving services or his legally authorized representative.
02/25/22 Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
04/11/22 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 295 (effective 7/1/22)
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DID NOT PASS
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HB 543 State Board of Local and Regional Jails; powers and duties; attorney visitation of clients. FAILED
Introduced by: Don L. Scott [D]
State Board of Local and Regional Jails; powers and duties; attorney visitation of clients. Requires the State Board of Local and Regional Jails to develop and establish minimum standards for ensuring that attorneys have sufficient opportunities to have confidential visits with their clients who are held in local, regional, and community correctional facilities, which, considering facility schedules, space, personnel constraints, and inmate disciplinary status, shall include some opportunity for visitation of clients on the weekends and after 5:00 p.m.
02/10/22 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N)
02/15/22 House: Left in Public Safety
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SB 114 Visitation; petition of grandparent. FAILED.
Introduced by: Joseph D. Morrissey [D]
Visitation; petition of grandparent. Requires the court, in petitions for visitation filed by the grandparent of a child where either (i) the parent is the grandparent's child and is deceased, incarcerated, or incapacitated, or has had his parental rights terminated or (ii) the grandparent has an established relationship with the child and has provided a significant level of care for the child, to consider the following factors: (a) the historical relationship between the grandparent and child, (b) the motivation of the grandparent in seeking visitation, (c) the motivation of the living parent in denying visitation to the grandparent, (d) the quantity of time requested and the effect it will have on the child's daily activities, and (e) the benefits of maintaining a relationship with the extended family of the deceased parent.
01/31/22 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (10-Y 5-N)
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