Committee Agenda

Committee:    Senate Judiciary
Room:     413
Date:    Friday, January 14, 2005
Time:    10:00 AM



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         SB 15     provide that certain submissions constitute waiver of the right to change a hearing examiner in certain contested cases regarding workers' compensation.
             The Committee on Commerce at the request of the Department of Labor

         SB 16     revise certain provisions regarding the statutes of limitation for workers' compensation claims.
             The Committee on Commerce at the request of the Department of Labor

         SB 59     permit the involuntary feeding or hydration of a prisoner.
             The Committee on Judiciary at the request of the Department of Corrections

         SB 12     authorize a parent to appear telephonically for a hearing to voluntarily terminate parental rights.
             The Committee on Judiciary at the request of the Department of Social Services

         SB 54     clarify the procedure to be followed for expedited abused or neglected child proceedings.
             The Committee on Judiciary at the request of the Department of Social Services

         SB 55     provide for a preference for placement of abused and neglected children with relatives and to provide a hearing for review of adoptive placement decisions.
             The Committee on Health and Human Services at the request of the Department of Social Services

NOTE: The above bills will be taken up in this order for a hearing on the date noted. If circumstances do not permit a hearing on this date then a hearing will be held at a future meeting of the committee to be determined by the chair. Action on a bill may come at any time after it has had a hearing.

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GENE G. ABDALLAH, Chair