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Committee sends HB 486 on grandparents' visitation to interim study
Summary
The Senate Children and Family Law Committee agreed in executive session to send HB 486, a bill on grandparents' visitation rights, to an interim study after members debated tensions between expanding grandparent access and protecting parental rights.
The Senate Children and Family Law Committee voted in executive session to send HB 486, a proposal on grandparents' visitation rights, to an interim study rather than advance the measure, recording the outcome as "the ayes have it, 3 3 0." The motion to make HB 486 the subject of an interim study was moved by Senator 2 and seconded by Senator 3.
Committee members discussed the bill's intent and limits, with several expressing sympathy for grandparents denied contact with grandchildren while cautioning that the measure could conflict with parents' constitutional or statutory rights.…
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