Date	Chamber	Action
4/11/2025	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

New Act

Synopsis As Introduced
Creates the Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act. Allows parents to enter into a temporary agreement granting custodial responsibility during military deployment. Allows a court, after a deploying parent receives notice of deployment and until the deployment terminates, to issue a temporary order granting custodial responsibility. Allows either parent to file a motion, at any time after a deploying parent receives notice of deployment, regarding custodial responsibility of a child during deployment. Allows a court, on motion of a deploying parent, to grant caretaking authority or limited contact to a nonparent who is an adult family member of the child or an adult with whom the child has a close and substantial relationship. Provides that an agreement or grant of authority is temporary and terminates after the deploying parent returns from deployment, unless the agreement has been terminated before that time by court order or modification. Provides that if a court has issued an order granting caretaking authority, the court may enter a temporary order for child support. Allows the court, after a deploying parent returns from deployment until a temporary agreement or order for custodial responsibility is terminated, to issue a temporary order granting the deploying parent reasonable contact with the child. Includes provisions regarding expedited hearings, testimony by electronic means, and the effect of prior judicial orders or agreements. Sets forth notice requirements related to pending deployments and change of mailing addresses.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
1/24/2025	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mike Porfirio
1/24/2025	Senate	First Reading
1/24/2025	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2/4/2025	Senate	Assigned to Judiciary
3/21/2025	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 4, 2025
4/4/2025	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 11, 2025
4/9/2025	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons
4/11/2025	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments

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