HB1327
Fictive kin; definition.
Status:
Passed
Latest Action:
March 14, 2026
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Chief Patron:
Anne Ferrell Tata (R)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Child dependency cases; court procedures; fictive kin; definition.
Updates the definition of fictive kin to specify that such person is required to have an established relationship with a child or his family prior to the child's initial entry into foster care to meet the definition of fictive kin.-
Bill History
- 01/16/2026 - House: Presented and ordered printed 26105171D
- 01/16/2026 - House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/05/2026 - House: Assigned HCJ sub: Civil
- 02/05/2026 - House: Placed on Courts of Justice Agenda
- 02/06/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1327)
- 02/09/2026 - House: House subcommittee offered
- 02/09/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/2026 - House: Placed on Courts of Justice Agenda
- 02/11/2026 - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/2026 - House: Committee substitute printed 26107576D-H1
- 02/13/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/16/2026 - House: Passed by temporarily
- 02/16/2026 - House: Read second time
- 02/16/2026 - House: committee substitute agreed to
- 02/16/2026 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 02/17/2026 - House: Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/18/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/18/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 03/02/2026 - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 03/03/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/03/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 03/04/2026 - Senate: Read third time
- 03/04/2026 - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/11/2026 - House: Enrolled
- 03/11/2026 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1327ER)
- 03/11/2026 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/12/2026 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/14/2026 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026
- 03/14/2026 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
