Bill Text: TX HB1781 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to access by a sibling of a child separated from the sibling due to an action by the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB1781 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1781-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1781 |
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relating to access by a sibling of a child separated from the | ||
sibling due to an action by the Department of Family and Protective | ||
Services. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 102.0045, Family Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | ||
(a-1) The sibling of a child who is separated from the | ||
sibling as the result of an action by the Department of Family and | ||
Protective Services may file an original suit as provided by | ||
Section 153.551 requesting access to the child, regardless of the | ||
age of the sibling. A court shall expedite a suit filed under this | ||
subsection. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1781 was passed by the House on April | ||
16, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 1, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1781 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
26, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |