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Senate Judiciary Committee advances SB 2678, SB 2313 and SB 2528 with amendments
Summary
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved three measures: SB 2678 (family court working group with $20,000 appropriation), SB 2313 (comprehensive public campaign financing framework delayed for 2028), and SB 2528 (increase in partial public financing match and funding). Each measure was adopted with amendments and will be reflected in committee reports.
The Senate Judiciary Committee on the decision-making agenda voted to advance three bills, adopting committee-recommended amendments on each measure.
SB 2678, described to establish a judiciary working group to improve family court processes and expand access to legal representation for youth in the child welfare system, was recommended to pass with amendments. The committee directed changes to Section 2—including specifying that lived-experience members are people who navigated the state child welfare system as minors, replacing an actively serving guardian ad litem with a former GAL, permitting co-chairs to invite additional expertise, and allowing compensation for lived-experience members. The committee report will suggest a…
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