BILL · 2005–06 SESSION

SB 5996: Visitation for nonparents

Providing a procedure for court-ordered contact with a child for nonparents.

Summary

Provides a procedure for court-ordered contact with a child for nonparents. Affirms that parents have a paramount right to raise their minor children. Recognizes that this paramount right must be considered in conjunction with a minor child's interest in maintaining the strong emotional bonds with others that the child has developed and relies upon.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to visitation rights for nonparents;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

SB 5996 (2025–26) Commercial shellfish fees · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5996 (2023–24) H-2A worker program data · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5996 (2019–20) Fires/prevent, suppress · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5996 (2017–18) Workplace sex harass./NDAs · Enacted · Chapter 117, Laws of 2018
SB 5996 (2015–16) DOT transportation projects · Enacted with partial veto · Chapter 17, Laws of 2015, 3rd Special Session
SB 5996 (2013–14) Cosmetology, barbering, etc. · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5996 (2011–12) Contiguous land/current use · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5996 (2009–10) Motor vehicles/B & O tx rate · Did not pass · died in committee