Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on February 13, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.
2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2897
Fundamental rights of parents; codify.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CODIFY THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF PARENTS; TO STATE LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE LIBERTY INTEREST OF A PARENT IN THE NURTURE, EDUCATION, CARE, CUSTODY, AND CONTROL OF THE PARENT'S CHILD IS A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT; TO PROVIDE THAT NO AGENCY OR OFFICER OF THIS STATE NOR ANY AGENCY OR OFFICER OF ANY SUBDIVISION OF THIS STATE SHALL INFRINGE UPON FUNDAMENTAL PARENTAL RIGHTS EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY LAW NARROWLY TAILORED TO MEET A COMPELLING GOVERNMENTAL INTEREST BY THE LEAST RESTRICTIVE MEANS; TO PROVIDE A CLAIM OR DEFENSE IN A JUDICIAL PROCEEDING FOR A PERSON WHOSE FUNDAMENTAL PARENTAL RIGHTS HAVE BEEN INFRINGED UPON IN VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION; TO CLARIFY THIS SECTION'S EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS OF THIS STATE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor
Its course
January 20 to February 13, 2025, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action3 actions on 3 days
In the SenateJan 20 to Feb 13 · stopped24 days
EducationJan 20 to Jan 3111 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.
In the Senate Jan 20 – Feb 13
- Jan 20Referred to the Senate committee on Education
- Jan 31Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
- Feb 13Died on the calendar in the Senate
All 3 actions, as published
- Jan 20Referred To EducationSenate
- Jan 31Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubSenate
- Feb 13Died On CalendarSenate