Posts Tagged ‘Legislation’
Nebraska: 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…
Read MoreCalls Needed to Advance Parental Rights Bill in Indiana
On January 17, Representative Dale DeVon introduced HB1407, an act to amend the Indiana Code concerning family law and juvenile law. The bill guarantees “the right of a parent to direct the upbringing, education, health care, and mental health of the parent’s child” and prohibits the state or any agency or subdivision of the state…
Read MoreCalls Needed to Advance Parental Rights Bill in Indiana
On January 17, Representative Dale DeVon introduced HB1407, an act to amend the Indiana Code concerning family law and juvenile law. The bill guarantees “the right of a parent to direct the upbringing, education, health care, and mental health of the parent’s child” and prohibits the state or any agency or subdivision of the state…
Read MoreCalls Needed to Advance Parental Rights Bill in North Dakota
On January 16, six North Dakota state representatives and five state senators introduced House Bill 1403 “relating to prohibiting governmental entities from interfering with parental rights.” The bill guarantees the “fundamental right of a parent to direct the upbringing, education, health care and mental health of the parent’s child” and prohibits any government entity from…
Read MoreCalls Needed to Advance Parental Rights Amendment in Minnesota
On January 23, Representatives Ron Kresha and Josh Heintzeman introduced HF682 to propose an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution protecting parental rights in their child’s education. The bill guarantees “the liberty of a parent to direct the education of their child [as] a fundamental right to choose, as an alternative to public education, a private,…
Read MoreCalls Needed to Advance Parental Rights Bill in Hawai’i
On January 25, Representatives Pierick, Garcia, and Matsumoto introduced HB1393, an act Relating to Parental Rights. The bill guarantees the right of parents “to direct the upbringing, education, care, and welfare of the parent’s child” and prohibits the state or any agency or subdivision of the state from enacting “any rule, regulation, or law that…
Read MoreMaryland SB 378 Threatens Children, Parental Rights
We need your help today to halt a dangerous bill that threatens the health of children and the fundamental right of parents to make decisions for them. Maryland Senate Bill 387, introduced by Senator Kagan and assigned to the Finance Committee, would essentially do away with any age of consent for vaccination, depending solely on…
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