Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Budget and Appropriations Committee on October 20, 2025. The 2024–2025 session has ended.
2024–2025 Session
Assembly Bill 2998
Permits court to order counseling for children in households with domestic violence in appropriate cases; establishes presumption of award of custody to domestic violence victim in appropriate cases.**
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the General Assembly
Sponsor from Mar 20, 2025
Chief co-sponsor from Jan 9
Chief co-sponsor from Feb 22
Chief co-sponsor from May 10
15 co-sponsors
Shanique Speight, Dan Hutchison, Yvonne Lopez, William W. Spearman, Ellen J. Park, Kevin P. Egan, Michael Venezia, Carmen Theresa Morales, Dawn Fantasia, William B. Sampson IV, Shama A. Haider, Garnet R. Hall, Luanne M. Peterpaul Esq., Margie Donlon M.D., Jessica Ramirez, Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (withdrew May 10)
Its course
January 9, 2024 to October 20, 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 action5 actions on 5 days
In the General AssemblyJan 9 to Jun 30538 days
Children, Families and Food SecurityJan 9 to Sep 23258 days
AppropriationsSep 23 to Mar 20178 days
In the SenateJun 30 to Oct 20 · stopped112 days
Budget and AppropriationsOct 20 to Oct 20 · stopped0 days
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the Legislature recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
General Assembly, third reading80–0
Passed · Jun 30, 2025
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
General Assembly committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Sep 23
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 General Assembly Jan 9 – Jun 30, 2025
- Jan 9Introduced in the General Assembly and sent to Children, Families and Food Security
- Sep 23Children, Families and Food Security recommended it as amended
- Sent to Appropriations
- Mar 20, 2025Appropriations recommended it as amended
- Read a second time
- Jun 30, 2025Passed the General Assembly, 80 to 0
In the Senate Oct 20, 2025
- Oct 20, 2025Arrived in the Senate
- Sent to Budget and Appropriations