House2023-24 sessionFiscal note

2SHB 1205 — Responsibility for providing service by publication of a summons or notice in dependency and termination of parental rights cases.

Signed into law — Chapter 312, Laws of 2024

Sponsor
Taylor
Introduced
February 24, 2023
Status
C 312 L 24
Last action
Effective date 1/31/2026. (March 28, 2024)

What this bill does

Provides that in a child dependency or termination of parental rights proceeding, the petitioner, rather than the court clerk, is responsible for publishing notice in a legal newspaper where notice by publication is required.

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Floor votes

  • House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 6, 2023
    95 yea · 0 nay · 3 not voting
  • House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 12, 2024
    97 yea · 0 nay · 1 not voting
  • House — Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · March 5, 2024
    95 yea · 0 nay · 2 not voting
  • Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · February 29, 2024
    49 yea · 0 nay

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