HB1710: Relative to procedures relating to child abduction.
Introduced
House
Summary
Relative to procedures relating to child abduction.
Sponsors
Jay Markell
R - HD-18-ROC
Primary
Debra DeSimone
R - HD-18-ROC
Co-sponsor
Melissa Litchfield
R - HD-32-ROC
Co-sponsor
Bob Lynn
R - HD-17-ROC
Co-sponsor
Jodi Nelson
R - HD-13-ROC
Co-sponsor
Mark Pearson
R - HD-34-ROC
Co-sponsor
History
- 2025-12-12 Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Children and Family Law House Journal 1 P. 32
- 2026-01-08 Public Hearing: 01/20/2026 11:00 am GP 230
- 2026-01-08 Executive Session: 01/27/2026 10:00 am GP 230
- 2026-02-02 Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass 01/27/2026 (Vote 9-7; Regular Calendar) House Calendar 6 P. 10
- 2026-02-02 Minority Committee Report: Refer for Interim Study
- 2026-02-12 Ought to Pass: Motion Adopted Regular Calendar 198-161 02/12/2026 House Journal 4
- 2026-02-12 Referred to Finance 02/12/2026 House Journal 4
- 2026-03-03 Division I Work Session: 03/13/2026 10:00 am GP 230
- 2026-03-13 Executive Session: 03/17/2026 10:00 am GP 230
- 2026-03-18 Committee Report: Refer for Interim Study 03/17/2026 (Vote 25-0; Consent Calendar)
- 2026-03-26 Refer for Interim Study: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 03/26/2026 House Journal 9
Committee Referrals
2025-12-12
Children and Family Law
House
2026-02-12
Finance
House
Calendar Events
Past Events (4)
2026-01-20
Hearing - GP 230
2026-01-27
Hearing - GP 230
2026-03-13
Hearing - GP 230
2026-03-17
Hearing - GP 230
Votes
OTP
2026-02-12
Passed
Yea: 198
Nay: 161
NV: 15
Absent: 20
Individual Votes (394)
| Democrats | Vote | Republicans | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexis Simpson | Nay | Aboul Khan | Yea |
| Alice Wade | Nay | Adam Presa | Yea |
| Alicia Gregg | Nay | Alvin See | Yea |
| Alissandra Murray | Nay | Andrew Prout | Yea |
| Allan Howland | Nay | Arnold Davis | Yea |
| Allison Knab | Nay | Barbara Comtois | Yea |
| Amy Malone | NV | Bill Boyd | Yea |
| Anita Burroughs | Nay | Bill Ohm | Yea |
| Barry Faulkner | Nay | Bob Lynn | Yea |
| Beth Richards | Absent | Brian Cole | Yea |
| Bill Bolton | Nay | Brian Labrie | Yea |
| Billie Butler | Nay | Brian Nadeau | Yea |
| Brian Sullivan | Nay | Brian Seaworth | Yea |
| Buzz Scherr | Nay | Brian Taylor | Yea |
| Carrie Sorensen | Nay | Bryan Morse | NV |
| Carry Spier | Nay | Calvin Beaulier | Yea |
| Cassandra Levesque | Nay | Carol McGuire | Yea |
| Catherine Rombeau | Nay | Cathy Kenny | Yea |
| Catherine Sofikitis | Absent | Charles Foote | Absent |
| Cathryn Harvey | Nay | Charles McMahon | Yea |
| Charlie St. Clair | Nay | Charles Melvin | Nay |
| Chris McAleer | Nay | Cindy Bennett | Yea |
| Chris Muns | Nay | Claudine Burnham | Yea |
| Christal Lloyd | Nay | Clayton Wood | Yea |
| Christine Seibert | Nay | Cyril Aures | Yea |
| Christopher Herbert | Nay | Dan McGuire | Yea |
| Connie Lane | Nay | Daniel Popovici-Muller | Absent |
| Dale Girard | Nay | Darrell Louis | Yea |
| Dale Swanson | Nay | David Love | Yea |
| Dan Bergeron | Nay | David Lundgren | Yea |
| Daniel LeClerc | Nay | David Milz | Yea |
| Daniel Veilleux | Nay | David Nagel | Nay |
| David Fracht | Nay | David Walker | Yea |
| David Luneau | Nay | Deborah Aylward | Yea |
| David Meuse | Absent | Debra DeSimone | Yea |
| David Paige | Nay | Denis Murphy | Yea |
| David Preece | Nay | Denise DeDe-Poulin | Yea |
| Dennis Malloy | Nay | Dennis Mannion | Yea |
| Dru Fox | Nay | Diane Kelley | Yea |
| Efstathia Booras | Nay | Diane Pauer | Yea |
| Eileen Kelly | Nay | Dick Thackston | Yea |
| Eleana Colby | Nay | Dillon Dumont | Yea |
| Ellen Read | Yea | Donald McFarlane | Nay |
| Ellen Rockmore | Nay | Donald Selby | Yea |
| Eric Gallager | Nay | Douglas Thomas | Yea |
| Eric Turer | Nay | Douglas Trottier | NV |
| Erica deVries | Nay | Erica Layon | Yea |
| Erik Johnson | Nay | Ernesto Gonzalez | Yea |
| Erin Kerwin | Nay | Gary Daniels | Yea |
| Fred Davis | Nay | George Grant | Yea |
| Gaby Grossman | Absent | Gerald Griffin | Yea |
| Gary Gilmore | Nay | Glen Aldrich | Nay |
| Gary Woods | Nay | Glenn Bailey | Yea |
| Geoff Smith | Nay | Gregory Hill | Yea |
| George Sykes | Nay | Harry Bean | Absent |
| Gerald Ward | Nay | Henry Giasson | Yea |
| Gregory Sargent | Nay | Jack Flanagan | Yea |
| Heath Howard | Nay | James Guzofski | Yea |
| Heather Baldwin | Nay | James Spillane | Yea |
| Heather Raymond | Nay | James Summers | Yea |
| Hope Damon | Nay | James Thibault | Yea |
| Jaci Grote | Nay | James Tierney | Yea |
| James Gruber | Nay | Jason Osborne | Yea |
| James MacKay | NV | Jay Markell | Yea |
| James Newsom | Nay | JD Bernardy | Yea |
| James Roesener | NV | Jeanine Notter | Yea |
| Janet Lucas | Nay | Jeffrey Tenczar | Absent |
| Janet Wall | Nay | Jennifer Rhodes | Yea |
| Jared Sullivan | Nay | Jeremy Slottje | Yea |
| Jean Jeudy | Nay | Jess Edwards | Nay |
| Jennifer Mandelbaum | Yea | Jim Creighton | Yea |
| Jerry Stringham | Nay | Jim Fedolfi | Yea |
| Jessica Grill | NV | Jim Kofalt | Yea |
| Jessica LaMontagne | Nay | Jim Qualey | Yea |
| Jim Maggiore | Nay | Jodi Nelson | Yea |
| Jim Snodgrass | Nay | Joe Alexander | Yea |
| Jodi Newell | Nay | Joe Sweeney | Yea |
| John Cloutier | Nay | John Hunt | Yea |
| John Larochelle | Nay | John Janigian | Yea |
| John Stone | Nay | John Leavitt | Nay |
| Jonah Wheeler | Yea | John MacDonald | Absent |
| Julie Gilman | Absent | John Potucek | Yea |
| Karen Ebel | Nay | John Schneller | Yea |
| Karen Hegner | Nay | John Sellers | Yea |
| Kat McGhee | Nay | John Suiter | Yea |
| Kate Murray | Nay | John Sytek | Yea |
| Kathy Staub | Nay | Jonathan Morton | Yea |
| Kristina Schultz | Nay | Jonathan Smith | Yea |
| Laura Telerski | Nay | Jordan Ulery | Yea |
| Laurel Stavis | Nay | Jose Cambrils | Yea |
| Lee Ann Kluger | Nay | Joseph Barton | Yea |
| Lily Foss | Nay | Joseph Guthrie | Yea |
| Linda DiSilvestro | NV | Joseph Hamblen | Yea |
| Linda Harriott-Gathright | Nay | Judy Aron | Yea |
| Linda Haskins | Nay | Julie Miles | Yea |
| Linda Ryan | Nay | Juliet Harvey-Bolia | Yea |
| Loren Foxx | Nay | Julius Soti | Yea |
| Loren Selig | Nay | Karel Crawford | Yea |
| Louis Juris | Yea | Katelyn Kuttab | Yea |
| Lucius Parshall | Nay | Katherine Prudhomme-O'Brien | Yea |
| Lucy Weber | Nay | Kathleen Paquette | Yea |
| Luz Bay | Nay | Katy Peternel | Yea |
| Manoj Chourasia | Nay | Keith Ammon | Yea |
| Marc Plamondon | Nay | Keith Erf | Yea |
| Marjorie Smith | Nay | Kelley Potenza | Yea |
| Mark MacKenzie | Absent | Kenneth Weyler | Yea |
| Mark Paige | Nay | Kevin Scully | Yea |
| Mark Vallone | Yea | Kevin Verville | Yea |
| Martin Jack | Nay | Kimberly Rice | Yea |
| Mary Georges | Nay | Kristin Noble | Yea |
| Mary Hakken-Phillips | Nay | Kristine Perez | Yea |
| Mary Wallner | Nay | Larry Gagne | Yea |
| Matthew Hicks | Nay | Laurence Miner | Yea |
| Matthew Wilhelm | Nay | Leonard Turcotte | Yea |
| Megan Murray | Nay | Lex Berezhny | Yea |
| Merryl Gibbs | NV | Lilli Walsh | Yea |
| Michael Cahill | Nay | Linda Franz | Yea |
| Michael Edgar | Nay | Linda Gould | Yea |
| Molly Howard | NV | Linda McGrath | Yea |
| Muriel Hall | Nay | Lino Avellani | Yea |
| Myles England | Absent | Lisa Freeman | Yea |
| Nancy Murphy | Nay | Lisa Mazur | Yea |
| Ned Raynolds | Nay | Lisa Post | Yea |
| Nicholas Germana | Yea | Liz Barbour | Yea |
| Nicole Leapley | Nay | Lori Korzen | Yea |
| Paige Beauchemin | Nay | Lorie Ball | Yea |
| Patricia Cornell | Nay | Louise Andrus | Yea |
| Patrick Long | Nay | Marc Tremblay | Yea |
| Paul Berch | Nay | Margaret Drye | Yea |
| Paul Dargie | Nay | Marie Bjelobrk | Yea |
| Peggy Balboni | Nay | Mark McLean | Yea |
| Peter Bixby | Nay | Mark Pearson | Yea |
| Peter Leishman | Nay | Mark Proulx | Yea |
| Peter Lovett | Nay | Mark Warden | Nay |
| Peter Petrigno | Nay | Mary Ford | NV |
| Peter Schmidt | Nay | Mary Murphy | Absent |
| Philip Jones | Nay | Matt Drew | Yea |
| Ray Newman | Nay | Matt Sabourin | Yea |
| Richard Ames | Nay | Matthew Coker | Yea |
| Rosemarie Rung | Nay | Matthew Pitaro | Yea |
| Russell Muirhead | Nay | Maureen Mooney | Yea |
| Sallie Fellows | Nay | Melissa Litchfield | Yea |
| Samantha Jacobs | Nay | Michael Aron | Yea |
| Sanjeev Manohar | Nay | Michael Granger | Yea |
| Santosh Salvi | Nay | Michael Harrington | Yea |
| Seth Miller | Nay | Michael Moffett | NV |
| Stephanie Grund | Nay | Michael Murphy | Absent |
| Stephanie Payeur | Nay | Michael Vose | Yea |
| Stephen Woodcock | Nay | Mike Belcher | Yea |
| Sue Newman | Nay | Mike Bordes | Yea |
| Suraj Budathoki | Nay | Mike Drago | Yea |
| Susan Almy | Nay | Mike Ouellet | Yea |
| Susan Elberger | Nay | Nicholas Bridle | Yea |
| Suzanne Chretien | Nay | Pamela Brown | Yea |
| Suzanne Vail | Nay | Paul Terry | Yea |
| Teresa O'Rorke | Nay | Paul Tudor | Yea |
| Terry Spahr | Yea | Peter Mehegan | Yea |
| Thomas Buco | Absent | Peter Morency | Yea |
| Thomas Cormen | Nay | Peter Varney | Absent |
| Thomas Oppel | Nay | Phyllis Katsakiores | Yea |
| Thomas Schamberg | Nay | Pierre Dupont | Yea |
| Thomas Southworth | Nay | Ralph Boehm | Yea |
| Tim Hartnett | Nay | Raymond Peeples | Yea |
| Timothy Horrigan | Nay | Raymond Plante | Yea |
| Timothy Soucy | Nay | Richard Brown | Absent |
| Toni Weinstein | Nay | Richard Lascelles | Yea |
| Tony Caplan | Nay | Richard Nalevanko | Yea |
| Tracy Bricchi | Nay | Richard Tripp | Yea |
| Trinidad Tellez | Nay | Riche Colcombe | Yea |
| Wayne Burton | Nay | Ricky Devoid | Yea |
| Wayne Pearson | Nay | Rita Mattson | Yea |
| Wendy Thomas | Nay | Robert Harb | Yea |
| William Darby | Nay | Robert Wherry | Yea |
| William Dolan | Absent | Robley Hall | Yea |
| William Palmer | Nay | Roderick Ladd | Yea |
| Zoe Manos | Nay | Ron Dunn | Yea |
| Ross Berry | Yea | ||
| Russell Dumais | NV | ||
| Samuel Farrington | Yea | ||
| Sandra Panek | Yea | ||
| Sayra Devito | Yea | ||
| Scott Bryer | Yea | ||
| Sean Durkin | Absent | ||
| Seth King | Nay | ||
| Shane Sirois | Yea | ||
| Sheri Minor | Yea | ||
| Sherman Packard | NV | ||
| Sherri Reinfurt | Yea | ||
| Skip Rollins | Yea | ||
| Sly Karasinski | Yea | ||
| Stephen Boyd | Yea | ||
| Stephen Pearson | Yea | ||
| Steven Bogert | Yea | ||
| Steven Kesselring | Yea | ||
| Steven Smith | Yea | ||
| Susan DeLemus | Yea | ||
| Susan Deroy | Yea | ||
| Susan Porcelli | Yea | ||
| Susan Vandecasteele | Yea | ||
| Tanya Donnelly | Yea | ||
| Ted Gorski | Yea | ||
| Terry Roy | Yea | ||
| Thomas Kaczynski | Yea | ||
| Thomas Walsh | Yea | ||
| Tim Mannion | Absent | ||
| Tom Dolan | Yea | ||
| Tom Mannion | Yea | ||
| Tom Ploszaj | Yea | ||
| Travis Corcoran | Yea | ||
| Travis Toner | NV | ||
| Valerie McDonnell | Yea | ||
| Vanessa Sheehan | Yea | ||
| Vicki Wilson | Yea | ||
| Walter Spilsbury | Yea | ||
| Wayne Hemingway | Yea | ||
| Wayne MacDonald | Yea | ||
| Yury Polozov | Yea |
Other
- Aidan Ankarberg — NV