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Senate delays final action on parent-time schedule changes after objections over drafting details
Summary
Senators debated House Bill 71’s revisions to parent-time scheduling (holidays, summer division, added fall break and Veterans Day). Concerns over definitions such as 'surrogate care' and a 6 p.m. pickup requirement led sponsors to agree to 'circle' the bill for further off-floor negotiation.
Senator Bell presented House Bill 71, a bill that standardizes parent-time schedules by adding a fall break, Veterans Day and adjusting holiday and summer allocations. He described the bill as the product of judiciary and family-law working groups and said it extends services and clarifies scheduling for high-conflict cases.
Senator Hilliard raised detailed drafting concerns, focusing on the bill’s…
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