SB 276: Sheltering or Aiding Unmarried Minors

GENERAL BILL by Wright

Sheltering or Aiding Unmarried Minors; Creating a presumption of knowledge upon proof that an unmarried minor has not attained 18 years of age for the purpose of unlawfully sheltering or aiding unmarried minors; providing a defense to unlawfully sheltering or aiding unmarried minors; increasing criminal penalties, etc.

Current Bill Version Posted: 1/15/2025 04:29 PM

• Senate Committee References (3)

  1. Criminal Justice (CJ)
  2. Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (CF)
  3. Rules (RC)

• Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  H 153 by Partington Aiding Unmarried Minors Last Action: 6/16/2025 H Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee	Similar

• Analyses (4)

  Links in this section are PDF documents.

  • Criminal Justice (Pre-Meeting)   3/3/2025
  • Criminal Justice (Post-Meeting)   3/5/2025
  • Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Pre-Meeting)   3/31/2025
  • Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Post-Meeting)   4/1/2025

• Committee Votes (2)

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  Date	Version	Committee	Result
  3/4/2025 2:00 PM	S 276	Criminal Justice	8 Yeas - 0 Nays
  4/1/2025 4:00 PM	S 276	Children, Families, and Elder Affairs	6 Yeas - 0 Nays

• Citations - Statute (2)

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  984.085	Sheltering unmarried minors; aiding unmarried minor runaways; violations.	Page 1 [pdf]
  985.731	Sheltering unmarried minors; aiding unmarried minor runaways; violations.	Page 2 [pdf]

• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  1/15/2025	S	• Filed
  1/29/2025	S	• Referred to Criminal Justice; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Rules
  2/27/2025	S	• On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/04/25, 2:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
  3/4/2025	S	• Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 • Introduced
  3/5/2025	S	• Now in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
  3/27/2025	S	• On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 04/01/25, 4:00 pm, 301 Senate Building
  4/1/2025	S	• Favorable by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 • Now in Rules
  5/3/2025	S	• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  6/16/2025	S	• Died in Rules