Hawaii House Bill 1487 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 25 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-01-30 - Referred to JUD, referral sheet 6
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Requires the family court to terminate parental rights if the court determines, by clear and convincing evidence, that the child was conceived during an act of sexual assault by the parent. Requires the court to accept police investigation materials as evidence of the sexual assault. For the period of time between the indictment and court determination in the case, grants the natural parent who is the victim of the sexual assault immediate temporary sole legal and physical custody of the child and prohibits visitation or allows supervised visitation of the indicted natural parent, as determined by the court.

Relating To Parental Rights.

Rep. Cedric Gates [D]

Rep. Tom Brower [D]

Sen. Joy San Buenaventura [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-30	House	Referred to JUD, referral sheet 6
2017-01-25	House	Introduced and Pass First Reading.

HB1487 (Carry Over) 2017-01-30 - Referred to JUD, referral sheet 6

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1487&year=2017
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/HB1487_.HTM