Children and Families Tuesday, Apr 28, 2026

Committee on Children and Families · April 28, 2026

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Opening and roll call

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Chair Jones called the committee to order and asked the clerk to call the roll; the clerk recorded nine members present. The committee announced it would take public testimony on Senate Bill 1135.

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The Committee on Children and Families held a public hearing on Senate Bill 1135 ("Bentley and Mason's Law"), which would allow courts to order offenders who killed a child's parent(s) in impaired-driving crashes to pay maintenance for those children through age 18 or through age 21 if enrolled in college. Sponsors and witnesses urged passage; no formal vote was taken.

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