Hawaii Senate Bill 494 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)
Status: Introduced on January 23 2015 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2015-02-20 - Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDL.
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Permits family courts to award reasonable visitation to primary caregivers under certain circumstances, regardless of whether the child has been formally adopted by the caregiver under Hawaii law. Establishes presumption that a parent's decision regarding visitation is in the best interests of the child, which may be rebutted by clear and convincing evidence that denial would cause significant harm to the child. Identifies factors a court may consider in awarding visitation. Grants the court discretion to place reasonable restrictions, including time limitations, on visitation. (SD1)

Child Visitation; Primary Caregiver Visitation

Sen. Laura Thielen [D]	Sen. Suzanne Chun Oakland [D]	Sen. Brickwood Galuteria [D]	Sen. Josh Green [D]
Sen. Russell Ruderman [D]	Sen. Maile Shimabukuro [D]	Sen. Rosalyn Baker [D]	Sen. William Espero [D]
Sen. Gil Keith-agaran [D]	Sen. Ronald Kouchi [D]	Sen. Gil Riviere [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-20	Senate	Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDL.
2015-02-20	Senate	Reported from HSH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 483) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDL.
2015-02-17	Senate	The committee(s) on HSH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HSH were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Chun Oakland, Green, Harimoto, Riviere, Slom; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
2015-02-06	Senate	The committee(s) on HSH has scheduled a public hearing on 02-17-15 1:20PM in conference room 016.
2015-01-26	Senate	Referred to HSH, JDL.
2015-01-26	Senate	Passed First Reading.
2015-01-23	Senate	Introduced.

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=494&year=2015
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2015/bills/SB494_.HTM
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2015/bills/SB494_SD1_.HTM