Posts Tagged ‘#ParentalRights’
Urgent: 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…
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…
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