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Judicial Juvenile Committee passes amended House Bill 253 to limit court-ordered out-of-state reunification programs
Summary
The committee approved a committee substitute for House Bill 253 (LC 481514S), amending it to prohibit judges from ordering certain family ‘reunification’ camps and out-of-state stays and to bar orders that enforce no-contact periods inconsistent with court orders; the measure passed by voice vote.
The Judicial Juvenile Committee approved a committee substitute to House Bill 253 — the measure commonly described during the hearing as “Ethan’s Law” — and amended it to narrow the bill’s scope and add two specific prohibitions before passing it by voice vote.
Representative Clark guided the committee through the substitute (LC 481514S) and the proposed amendment. Committee members and witnesses said the substitute narrowed the bill to focus on prohibiting court-ordered family reunification or unification programs that remove a child from a custodial parent and place the child in camps or out-of-state stays that limit contact with the child’s guardian. The…
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