CS/SB 1922 (2021) - Dissolution of Marriage

General Bill by Judiciary and Gruters (CO-SPONSORS) Hooper

Dissolution of Marriage: Requiring the court to prioritize certain forms of alimony; revising provisions related to durational alimony; creating a presumption that equal time-sharing is in the best interests of a child, with an exception; requiring the court to grant a final judgment of dissolution of marriage and reserve jurisdiction to adjudicate other substantive issues, under certain circumstances, etc.

Effective Date: 07/01/2021

Last Event: 04/30/21 S Died in Rules on Friday, April 30, 2021 2:40 PM

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Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

Judiciary
- On agenda for: 03/29/21 3:30 PM
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 6 Nays 4
Rules
- On agenda for: 04/20/21 8:30 AM

Related Bills

Bill #	Subject	Relationship
Bill #: CS/CS/HB 1559	Subject: Dissolution of Marriage	Relationship: Similar

Bill Text

Committee Substitute 1
- D 508836 , Rules, Gruters Date Filed: 04/19/21, Line#: 0
- AA 334300 , Rules, Farmer Date Filed: 04/19/21, Line#: 55
- AA 333684 , Rules, Gruters Date Filed: 04/19/21, Line#: 373
Original Filed Version
- A 699572 , Judiciary, Gruters Date Filed: 03/19/21, Line#: 519 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 03/30/2021 11:15 AM

Staff Analysis

Chamber	Committee
Chamber: Senate	Committee: Rules 4/19/2021 8:14:38 AM
Chamber: Senate	Committee: Judiciary 3/30/2021 1:21:59 PM
Chamber: Senate	Committee: Judiciary 3/26/2021 11:16:52 AM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event	Time	Member	Committee	Ver.
Event: S Died in Rules	Time: 04/30/2021 - 2:40 PM	Member:	Committee: Rules	Version: c1
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/20/21, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building --Temporarily Postponed	Time: 04/21/2021 - 2:28 PM	Member:	Committee: Rules	Version: c1
Event: S Now in Rules	Time: 04/02/2021 - 2:08 PM	Member:	Committee: Rules	Version: c1
Event: S Remaining references corrected to Rules -SJ 384	Time: 04/02/2021 - 2:08 PM	Member:	Committee: Rules	Version: c1
Event: S Original reference(s) removed: Appropriations	Time: 04/02/2021 - 2:08 PM	Member:	Committee: Appropriations	Version: c1
Event: S CS by Judiciary read 1st time -SJ 330	Time: 03/30/2021 - 5:06 PM	Member:	Committee: Judiciary	Version: c1
Event: S Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)	Time: 03/30/2021 - 2:28 PM	Member:	Committee: Judiciary	Version: c1
Event: S CS by Judiciary; YEAS 6 NAYS 4 -SJ 324	Time: 03/29/2021 - 6:26 PM	Member:	Committee: Judiciary	Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/29/21, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building	Time: 03/24/2021 - 2:30 PM	Member:	Committee: Judiciary	Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/22/21, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building --Temporarily Postponed	Time: 03/22/2021 - 6:40 PM	Member:	Committee: Judiciary	Version: __
Event: S Introduced -SJ 213	Time: 03/10/2021 - 11:56 AM	Member:	Committee:	Version: __
Event: S Referred to Judiciary; Appropriations; Rules -SJ 214	Time: 03/04/2021 - 4:52 PM	Member:	Committee: Judiciary	Version: __
Event: S Filed	Time: 03/01/2021 - 10:48 AM	Member:	Committee:	Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute	Other Bill Citations
61.046	CS/CS/HB 1559
61.08	CS/CS/HB 1559
61.13	CS/HB 141, CS/CS/SB 234, CS/CS/SB 932, CS/HB 1089, SB 1432, CS/CS/SB 1532, CS/CS/HB 1559
61.14	CS/CS/HB 1559
61.19	CS/CS/HB 1559