| Family Law Section Bill Referrals - 2005 - Final Status | |||||||
| Washington State Bar Association | |||||||
| Section contact: Rick Bartholomew | |||||||
| Bill Number | Title | Prime | Notes | Position | Status | Comments | $ |
| Bills the Section took position or sponsored: | |||||||
| HB 1139 | Preventing conflicts of interest for attorneys serving as pro tempore judges, commissioners, and guardians ad litem. | Upthegrove | Support | Failed to pass | 1/24/05 "support" per FLEC. | ||
| SHB 1171 | Limiting the court's discretion concerning denial of dissolution decrees. | Dickerson | Support | Chapter 55, Laws of 2005. Effective date 7/24/05. | 1/18/05 to Section. Support, but with sentence added that says nothing precludes the court from keeping open parenting issues or requiring parties to file a parentage action to determine or disestablish parentage, and change the language to say court cannot deny or delay the decree because of pregnancy. Say can't continue "solely" because of pregnancy. "Nothing precludes the court from ordering further proceedings to establish parentage in this or another action." Support bill with this idea included. | ||
| HB 1279 | Revising provisions relating to public access to child in need of services and at-risk youth hearings. | Kagi | Support | Failed to pass | 1/24/05 "support" per FLEC. | ||
| SHB 1281 | Adding to the list of persons who may give informed consent to medical care for minors and providing immunity to health care providers and facilities when they rely upon the representation of a person claiming to be responsible for the care of the minor. | Pettigrew | Support | Chapter 440, Laws of 2005. Effective date 7/24/05. | 1/19/05 to Section. | ||
| HB
1294 (SB 5434) |
Revising standards for antiharassment protection order hearings. | Williams | Support | Chapter 144, Laws of 2005. Effective date 7/24/05. | 1/20/05 to Section. | ||
| HB 1837 | Providing for child witnesses. | Rodne | Neutral | Chapter 455, Laws of 2005. Effective date 7/24/05. | 2/8/05 to Section and Criminal Law. 2/28 no position per Rick. | ||
| HB 2000 | Enhancing grandparents' visitation rights. | Kagi | Oppose | Failed to pass | 2/14/05 to Section. 2/28 Oppose per Rick, Family Law. We oppose this because there are two third party custody cases in the courts now. Any third party custody case should await the resolution of those cases so we know what the law needs to contain. This bill could be too restrictive or too liberal, depending on what the courts have to say. Same rational used for SB 5944. | ||
| HB 2068 | Creating an opportunity for children to testify in dissolution proceedings. | Hasegawa | Oppose | Failed to pass | 2/16/05 to Section. 2/28 Oppose per Rick B, Family Law. | ||
| HB 2119 | Privatizing child support enforcement. | Haler | Oppose | Failed to pass | 2/18/05 to Section. 2/28 "we have a good support enforcement system. This is likely to take the more successful cases away from the state, probably costing both the state and the parties involved money. Do you know where this bill came from?" | ||
| HB 2122 | Protecting confidentiality of domestic violence information. | Ericks | Monitor | Failed to pass | 2/18/05 to Section. 2/28 "we are going to take another look at this next week. It seems to be inconsitent with the mandatory abuse reporting statute." | f | |
| HB 2139 | Requiring parental consent for students to participate in sex education. | Schindler | Oppose | Failed to pass | 2/21/05 to Section. 2/28/05 oppose This is the bill that would require written permission from a parent or guardian for a child to be involved in sex ed at school. We already have an opt-out provision. This would require an opt-in. Since most parenting plans call for joint decision-making regarding education, we can foresee cases in which parents are in court because they disagree on whether or not the kids should participate in sex ed. | ||
| SHB 2156 | Regarding dependency and termination of parental rights. | Hinkle | Oppose | Chapter 430, Laws of 2005. Effective date 5/13/05. | 2/21/05 to Section. 2/28 oppose per Rick, Family Law. | ||
| SB 5053 (HB 1403) |
Authorizing service by publication in actions to establish or modify parenting plans, for legal separation or invalidity of marriage, and for nonparental custody. | Kline | Support | Chapter 117, Laws of 2005. Effective date 7/24/05. | 1/13/05 to Section, Bartholomew, Henson. Public hearing in Senate Judiciary 1/13. | ||
| SSB 5081 | Authorizing monitoring of a child's telephone conversations by a parent or guardian. | Roach | Neutral | Failed to pass | 1/22/05 no position. | ||
| SB
5133 (HB 1207) |
Revising provisions relating to privileged communications between spouses. | Brandland | Oppose | Failed to pass | 1/14/05 to Section. | ||
| SB 5350 | Providing a presumption of shared parental responsibility after a dissolution of marriage. | Kastama | Oppose | Failed to pass | 1/21/05 to Section. | ||
| SB 5875 | Clarifying the interests of parents and alleged fathers under the juvenile court act. | Hargrove | Support | Failed to pass | 2/10/05 to Section. 2/28 support per Rick, Family Law. | ||
| SSB 5903 | Requiring the director of the office of public defense to oversee and monitor legal representation of parents in dependency and termination proceedings. | Stevens | Support | Failed to pass | 2/14/05 to Section. 2/28 support per Rick, Family Law. | f | |
| ESSB 5922 | Changing procedures for investigations of child abuse or neglect. | Stevens | Oppose | Chapter 512, Laws of 2005 Partial Veto. Effective date 1/1/07. | 2/15/05 to Section. 2/28 oppose per Rick, Family Law. | ||
| SB 5944 | Regarding grandparent visitation. | Kastama | Oppose | Failed to pass | 2/16/05 to Section. 2/28 oppose per Rick, Family Law. Rational for opposition the same as HB 2000 - We oppose this because there are two third party custody cases in the courts now. Any third party custody case should await the resolution of those cases so we know what the law needs to contain. This bill could be too restrictive or too liberal, depending on what the courts have to say. | ||
| SB 6007 | Increasing child safety by requiring transition services in child placement matters. | Finkbeiner | Oppose | Failed to pass | 2/21/05 to Section. 2/28 oppose per Rick, Family Law. | ||
| Bills of interest to Section: | |||||||
| ESHB 1080 | Protecting dependent persons. | McDonald | Failed to pass | 1/14/05 to Section. | f | ||
| HB
1107 (SB 5141) |
Providing for early intervention services for children with disabilities. | Dickerson | Failed to pass | 1/14/05 to Section. SB 5141 companion. | f | ||
| SHB 1173 | Establishing family leave insurance. | Dickerson | Failed to pass | 1/18/05 to Family and Labor & Employment Section. | f | ||
| SHB 1178 | Ensuring the rights of parents to monitor the communications and conversations of their minor children. | McDonald | Failed to pass | 1/18/05 to Section | |||
| HB 1269 (SB 5616) |
Permitting members of the law enforcement officers' and fire fighters' retirement system plan 2 to make a one-time purchase of additional service credit. | Conway | Chapter 21, Laws of 2005. Effective date 7/1/06. | 1/19/05 to Section. | f | ||
| HB 1296 (SB 5435) |
Granting the municipal courts jurisdiction for antiharassment protection orders. | Lovick | Chapter 196, Laws of 2005. Effective date 7/24/05. | 1/20/05 to Section. | |||
| ESHB 1314 | Creating the domestic violence prevention account. | Dickerson | Chapter 374, Laws of 2005. Effective date 7/24/05. | 1/20/05 to Section. | f | ||
| HB 1319 (SB 5247) |
Survivor benefits for ex spouses in the law enforcement officers' and fire fighters' retirement system, plan 1. | Conway | Chapter 62, Laws of 2005. Effective date 7/24/05. | 1/20/05 to Section. | f | ||
| E2SHB 1441 | Providing access to health insurance for children. | Clibborn | Chapter 279, Laws of 2005 Partial Veto. Effective date 7/24/05. | 1/24/05 to Section. | |||
| SHB 1482 | Revising provisions on child abuse and neglect. | Dickerson | Failed to pass | 1/25/05 to Section. | f | ||
| HB 1508 | Creating a hearsay exception for statements offered against a party that has engaged or acquiesced in wrongdoing. | Lantz | Failed to pass | 1/26/05 to BOG, Criminal , Litigation, Business and Family Law | |||
| HB 1626 | Modifying family care law. | Dickerson | Failed to pass | 1/31/05 to Section. | |||
| SHB 1660 | Expanding the definition of "at-risk youth." | Moeller | Failed to pass | 2/1/05 to Section. | |||
| HB
1671 (SB 5737) |
Allowing attorneys to recover actual costs for service of process. | Kirby | Failed to pass | 2/1/05 to Section, BOG and Litigation. | |||
| HB 2002 | Authorizing limited continuing foster care and support services up to age twenty-one. | Dickerson | Failed to pass | 2/14/05 to Section. | f | ||
| 2SHB 2030 | Revising provisions relating to guardianship of dependent children. | Roberts | Failed to pass | 2/15/05 to Section. | |||
| HB 2039 | Changing provisions relating to mental health services for children. | Roberts | Failed to pass | 2/15/05 to Section. | f | ||
| SHB 2061 | Requiring disposition to be held in juvenile court in certain circumstances when a case is automatically transferred to adult court. | Darneille | Chapter 238, Laws of 2005. Effective date 7/24/05. | 2/16/05 to Criminal Law and Family Law Section. | |||
| HB 2064 | Clarifying provisions relating to automatic transfer of jurisdiction from juvenile court. | Roberts | Chapter 290, Laws of 2005. Effective date 7/24/05. | 2/16/05 to Criminal Law and Family Law Section. | f | ||
| HB 2087 | Allowing the vacation of domestic violence misdemeanor and gross misdemeanor convictions. | Lantz | Failed to pass | 2/17/05 to Family Law and Criminal Section. | f | ||
| HB 2153 | Revising provisions pertaining to at-risk youth proceedings. | Moeller | Failed to pass | 2/21/05 to Family Law and Criminal Law Section. | f | ||
| HB 2154 | Providing additional protections for domestic violence victims. | Pettigrew | Failed to pass | 2/21/05 to Section. | |||
| HB 2247 | Protecting minors from sexual misconduct. | Nixon | Failed to pass | 2/28/05 to Criminal and Family Law. | |||
| HB 2264 | Ordering a report on the we care plan agency response matrix for drug endangered children. | Takko | Failed to pass | 3/1/05 to Section. | |||
| HJR 4207 | Protecting the name of marriage, protecting the legal incidents of marriage and limiting court jurisdiction over marriage. | Holmquist | Failed to pass | 1/31/05 to Section. | |||
| HJR 4208 | Limiting court jurisdiction over marriage. | Talcott | Failed to pass | 1/31/05 to Section. | |||
| SB
5141 (HB 1107) |
Providing for early intervention services for children with disabilities. | Rasmussen | Failed to pass | 1/14/05 to Section. HB 1107 companion | f | ||
| SB
5247 (HB 1319) |
Survivor benefits for ex spouses in the law enforcement officers' and fire fighters' retirement system, plan 1. | Morton | Failed to pass | 1/18/05 to Section. | f | ||
| ESSB 5308 | Changing provisions relating to mandatory reporting of child abuse or neglect. | Kohl-Welles | Chapter 417, Laws of 2005. Effective date 7/24/05. | 1/19/05 to Section. | |||
| SB
5434 (HB 1294) |
Revising standards for antiharassment protection order hearings. | Kline | Failed to pass | 1/25/05 to Section. | |||
| SB
5435 (HB 1296) |
Granting the municipal courts jurisdiction for antiharassment protection orders. | Kline | Failed to pass | 1/25/05 to Section. | |||
| SSB 5633 | Revising provisions relating to retention of information concerning unfounded allegations of child abuse or neglect. Revised for 1st Substitute: Convening a work group to recommend standards for communication of information concerning dependent children. | Carrell | Failed to pass | 1/31/05 to Section. | |||
| SSB 5666 | Regarding information sharing in child dependency cases. | Stevens | Failed to pass | 2/1/05 to Section. | |||
| SB 5696 | Requiring newspapers to comply with child labor laws. | Benton | Failed to pass | 2/2/05 to Section. | |||
| SB 5718 | Providing financial assistance for victims of domestic violence seeking protection orders. | Hargrove | Failed to pass | 2/3/05 to Section. | f | ||
| SSB 5849 | Requiring cyberbullying to be included in school district harassment prevention policies. | Kohl-Welles | Failed to pass | 2/9/05 to Section. | |||
| SSB 5850 | Clarifying the definition of "sick leave" for family leave. | Spanel | Chapter 499, Laws of 2005. Effective date 7/24/05. | 2/9/05 to Section and Labor & Employment Section. | f | ||
| ESSB 5872 | Creating the department of family and children's services. Revised for 1st Substitute: Requiring findings and recommendations regarding a department of family and children's services.(REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Creating a task force on the administrative organization, structure, and delivery of services to children and families.) | Stevens | Chapter 474, Laws of 2005. Effective date 7/24/05. | 2/10/05 to Section. | f | ||
| SSB 5873 | Revising the duties of the family and children's ombudsman. | Stevens | Failed to pass | 2/10/05 to Section. | |||
| SSB 5995 | Recognizing a parent's preference in the placement of a child in shelter care. | Hargrove | Failed to pass | 2/18/05 to Section. | |||
| SB 5996 | Providing a procedure for court-ordered contact with a child for nonparents. | Franklin | Failed to pass | 2/18/05 to Section. | |||
| SSB 6008 | Revising provisions relating to guardianship of dependent children. | Hargrove | Failed to pass | 2/21/05 to Section. | |||
| SSB 6028 | Adopting the service members' civil relief act. | Benson | Failed to pass | 2/24/05 Bill sponsor Sen. Benson's office called today and wants to know if we care about this bill. Also sent to Family, Creditor/Debtor, Real Property and Business, banking committee to see if they have any problems wtih it. Also sent to BOG. Asked Sections for quick reply if they see any problems with this bill. | |||
| SJR 8209 | Amending the Constitution to limit which relationships may be recognized as a marriage. | Swecker | Failed to pass | 2/3/05 to Section. | |||