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Your Calls Made the Difference: Parental Rights Passes Committee!
We’re excited to let you know that yesterday, April 12, the Alabama House Judiciary Committee favorably reported House Bill 6 (H.B. 6), The Parental Rights Protection Act! This powerful bill, introduced by Representative Kenneth Paschal, will make Alabama the 16th state in the nation to protect parental rights as fundamental in state code. Constitutional law…
Read MoreAction Needed: Call Now to Advance Alabama Parental Rights Bill
House Bill 6 (HB6), the Parental Rights Protection Act, was pre-filed on January 20, 2023, by Representative Kenneth Paschal and 3 cosponsors. It has been placed on the House Judiciary Committee calendar for Wednesday, April 12, at 1:30 p.m. in Room 200. HB6 seeks to protect parental rights as a fundamental right in state code…
Read MoreUrgent Calls Needed Today to Move Parental Rights Bill out of Committee
House Bill 6 (HB6), known as the Parental Rights Protection Act, was filed January 20, 2023, by State Rep. Kenneth Paschal and 3 co-sponsors to further fortify parental rights in Alabama, and to shield Alabamians from government overreach regarding parental rights. HB6 was placed in the House Judiciary Committee. We need your help. Please call…
Read MoreUrgent: MD Parental Rights Bill Heading to Committee
Maryland SB566, Family Law—Fundamental Parental Rights, is scheduled to be heard in the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee this Wednesday, March 15, at 1:00pm. Parental Rights Foundation president Will Estrada plans to be on hand to testify, but we also need your help. This bill guarantees that “[a] parent has the fundamental right to direct the…
Read MoreUrgent Calls as New Hampshire Parental Rights Bill is Scheduled for Hearing
H.B. 10, the Parents’ Bill of Rights, will have a hearing in the New Hampshire House Children and Family Law Committee tomorrow, Tuesday, March 7, at 1:15 PM, in the Legislative Office Building (LOB), Rooms 206-208. This powerful bill will establish parental rights as fundamental in New Hampshire, as well as provide parents and children…
Read MoreTexas Considers State Parental Rights Amendment
We are excited to let you know that Texas Representative James Frank has introduced House Joint Resolution 58 (HJR 58) proposing a Parental Rights Amendment to the Texas Constitution. If the resolution passes, the amendment will be proposed to the voters and subject to their approval at the November 7, 2023, election. The amendment would…
Read MoreNebraska: Urge Your Senator to Support LB42 for Reasonable Childhood Independence
Senator Ben Hansen’s (District 16) bill, L.B. 42, that protects innocent families from being caught up in child neglect investigations, has been schedule for a hearing in the Judiciary Committee this Wednesday, February 22. This commonsense language unanimously passed the Colorado legislature last year and was signed into law, and the same language is poised…
Read MoreAction Alert: Please Ask You Virginia Delegate to Support Reasonable Childhood Independence Bill
We’re excited to let you know that S.B. 1367, a bipartisan bill introduced by Senators Jill Vogel and Jennifer Boysko to protect innocent and loving Virginia families from being caught up in child neglect investigations, has unanimously passed the Virginia Senate and has unanimously passed a key House of Delegates committee! S.B. 1367 amends Virginia…
Read MoreCalls Needed NOW to Protect Innocent Families from Being Placed on Central Registry
We are pleased to support a bipartisan bill, HB 23-1160, that has been sponsored by Representative Gabe Evans and Representative Elisabeth Epps, which will establish due process protections before an innocent parent is placed on Colorado’s central registry of abuse and neglect. HB 23-1160 will greatly improve the likelihood that all Colorado families receive due…
Read MoreCalls Needed to Advance Parental Rights Bill in West Virginia
On January 27, WV Delegate Jim Butler introduced HB3118, Creating the Parents’ Bill of Rights. The bill provides that “[t]he liberty of a parent to direct the upbringing, education, and care, including medical care, of the parent’s child is a fundamental right.” It also requires the government to “demonstrate[e] that the governmental interest as applied…
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