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NOTICE OF BILL

RETURNED TO RULES COMMITTEE

March 1, 2012

Madam Speaker:

    The Health and Human Services Committee has returned H.B. 203, PARENTAL RIGHTS REVISIONS, by Representative C. Watkins, to the Rules Committee without recommendation with the following amendments:

1.    Page 1, Lines 12 through 14 :    

             12          .    provides that before ordering termination, the court

{   shall   }        may       consider whether

             13      terminating a parent's rights will cause a child to lose meaningful contact with other
             14      members of the child's ethnic group or race; and

2.    Page 2, Lines 55 through 57 :    

             55          (2) Prior to termination, the court
{   shall   }        may       consider whether terminating a parent's rights

             56      will cause the child to lose meaningful contact with other members of the child's ethnic group
             57      or race.

    Respectfully,

    Paul Ray
    Committee Chair
Voting: --
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Bill Number
Action Class
Action Code

*HB0203*
*H*
*HCRRUL*

 HB0203
H
HCRRUL