HB 1169 IN

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Provides that if a child is placed in a temporary out-of-home placement in a location in which a sibling of the child resides, the department of child services shall, before changing the placement of the child, consider whether separating the child from the child's sibling is in the child's best interest. Provides that if a child is placed under a dispositional decree in an out-of-home placement in a location in which a sibling of the child resides, a court shall, in considering a motion requesting a change in the child's placement, consider whether separating the child from the child's sibling is in the child's best interest. Requires a court, in determining whether reunification of a child with a parent, guardian, or custodian from whom the child has been removed is in the child's best interest, to consider whether reunifying the child with the parent, guardian, or custodian will result in separation of the child from a sibling of the child, and if so, whether separating the child from the child's sibling is in the child's best interest.

• Donna Schaibley · author
• Kyle Walker Republican · sponsor
• Greg Walker Republican · sponsor

1. Jan 10, 2023 Authored by Representative Schaibley · lower
2. Jan 10, 2023 First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary · lower
3. Jan 30, 2023 Representatives Lauer and Olthoff added as coauthors · lower
4. Jan 30, 2023 Representative Jackson added as coauthor · lower
5. Feb 2, 2023 Committee report: do pass, adopted · lower
6. Feb 6, 2023 Second reading: ordered engrossed · lower
7. Feb 7, 2023 Senate sponsor: Senator Walker K · lower
8. Feb 7, 2023 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 87: yeas 93, nays 0 · lower
9. Feb 8, 2023 Referred to the Senate · lower
10. Feb 27, 2023 First reading: referred to Committee on Family and Children Services · upper
11. Feb 28, 2023 Senator Walker G added as second sponsor · upper
12. Mar 9, 2023 Senator Ford Jon added as cosponsor · upper
13. Mar 13, 2023 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted · upper
14. Mar 16, 2023 Second reading: ordered engrossed · upper
15. Mar 20, 2023 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 229: yeas 49, nays 0 · upper
16. Mar 20, 2023 Senator Johnson added as cosponsor · upper
17. Mar 21, 2023 Returned to the House with amendments · upper
18. Mar 27, 2023 Motion to concur filed · lower
19. Mar 28, 2023 House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 320: yeas 95, nays 0 · lower
20. Apr 3, 2023 Signed by the Speaker · lower
21. Apr 4, 2023 Signed by the President Pro Tempore · upper
22. Apr 17, 2023 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper
23. Apr 20, 2023 Signed by the Governor · executive
24. Apr 20, 2023 Public Law 65 · lower

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Enrolled House Bill (H) · Mar 29, 2023 · PDF
• Introduced House Bill (H) · Jan 10, 2023 · PDF
• House Bill (H) · Feb 2, 2023 · PDF
• House Bill (S) · Mar 13, 2023 · PDF