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Senate committee adopts striker and sends parenting-limits bill to rules after heated debate on domestic‑violence protections
Summary
The Law and Justice Committee voted to adopt a striking amendment to Engrossed Substitute House Bill 16-20, reverting language toward the House version, and recommended the bill to the rules committee after extended debate about protections for survivors of gender‑based violence, judicial training and enforceability of disparagement provisions.
The Senate Law and Justice Committee on March 20 adopted a striking amendment to Engrossed Substitute House Bill 16-20, which changes statutory criteria and procedures for limiting parenting time and imposing restraints in family law cases, and recommended the bill to the Rules Committee.
Committee members said the bill aims to provide clearer standards and written findings of fact for judges handling parenting‑plan disputes that involve domestic violence, sexual assault and trafficking. Supporters described the changes as steps to improve access to justice for pro se survivors and to make judicial decisions easier to review on appeal.
Senator Torres said the legislation was intended to make statutes more consistent with…
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