<ROOT><BillInformation><BillNumber>HB338</BillNumber><CurrentBillString>HB 338</CurrentBillString><SubstitutedBy/><Title><ShortTitle>GUARDIANS AD LITEM</ShortTitle><LongTitle>Requires that a guardian ad litem who is appointed to a child to have an ethical obligation to that child</LongTitle></Title><ProposedEffectiveDate>2025-08-28</ProposedEffectiveDate><CurrentLRNumber>0183H.01I</CurrentLRNumber><LastAction>02/11/2025 - Public Hearing Completed (H)</LastAction><NextHouseHearing>Hearing not scheduled</NextHouseHearing><Calendar>Bill currently not on a House calendar</Calendar><Action><Link>https://house.mo.gov/bill.aspx?bill=HB338&amp;year=2025&amp;code=R </Link><Description>Prefiled (H)</Description><Guid>564617</Guid><ActivitySequence>100</ActivitySequence><PubDate>2024-12-03</PubDate></Action><Action><Link>https://house.mo.gov/bill.aspx?bill=HB338&amp;year=2025&amp;code=R </Link><Description>Read First Time (H)</Description><Guid>565992</Guid><ActivitySequence>200</ActivitySequence><PubDate>2025-01-08</PubDate><HouseJournalStartPage>68</HouseJournalStartPage><HouseJournalEndPage>68</HouseJournalEndPage><JournalLink>https://documents.house.mo.gov/BillTracking/bills251/jrnpdf/jrn001.pdf#page=68</JournalLink></Action><Action><Link>https://house.mo.gov/bill.aspx?bill=HB338&amp;year=2025&amp;code=R </Link><Description>Read Second Time (H)</Description><Guid>567446</Guid><ActivitySequence>300</ActivitySequence><PubDate>2025-01-09</PubDate><HouseJournalStartPage>234</HouseJournalStartPage><HouseJournalEndPage>234</HouseJournalEndPage><JournalLink>https://documents.house.mo.gov/BillTracking/bills251/jrnpdf/jrn002.pdf#page=234</JournalLink></Action><Action><Link>https://house.mo.gov/bill.aspx?bill=HB338&amp;year=2025&amp;code=R </Link><Description>Referred: Children and Families(H)</Description><Guid>569716</Guid><ActivitySequence>400</ActivitySequence><PubDate>2025-02-06</PubDate><HouseJournalStartPage>567</HouseJournalStartPage><HouseJournalEndPage>567</HouseJournalEndPage><JournalLink>https://documents.house.mo.gov/BillTracking/bills251/jrnpdf/jrn018.pdf#page=567</JournalLink></Action><Action><Link>https://house.mo.gov/bill.aspx?bill=HB338&amp;year=2025&amp;code=R </Link><Description>Public Hearing Completed (H)</Description><Guid>570005</Guid><ActivitySequence>500</ActivitySequence><PubDate>2025-02-11</PubDate></Action><Sponsor><SponsorType>Sponsor</SponsorType><FullName>Ann Kelley</FullName><District>127</District></Sponsor><BillText><BillTextLink>https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills251/hlrbillspdf/0183H.01I.pdf</BillTextLink><LRNumber>0183H.01I</LRNumber><DocumentName>Introduced</DocumentName><WebName>Introduced</WebName><VersionTypeCode>IN</VersionTypeCode><BillVersionSort>1</BillVersionSort></BillText><BillSummary><SummaryTextLink>https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills251/sumpdf/HB0338I.pdf</SummaryTextLink><LRNumber>0183H.01I</LRNumber><DocumentName>Introduced</DocumentName><VersionTypeCode>IN</VersionTypeCode><BillVersionSort>1</BillVersionSort></BillSummary><FiscalNote><FiscalNoteLink>https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills251/fiscal/fispdf/0183H.01I.ORG.pdf</FiscalNoteLink></FiscalNote><Hearings><CommitteeName>Children and Families</CommitteeName><NoticeDate>2025-02-11</NoticeDate><NoticeTime>1900-01-01T08:00:00</NoticeTime><Location>House Hearing Room 6</Location><Comments/><AltTime/></Hearings><Witness><WitnessFormsLink>https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills251/witnesses/HB338Testimony.pdf</WitnessFormsLink></Witness><SubjectIndex><SubjectID>012</SubjectID><SubjectName>ATTORNEYS</SubjectName></SubjectIndex><SubjectIndex><SubjectID>021</SubjectID><SubjectName>CHILDREN AND MINORS</SubjectName></SubjectIndex><SubjectIndex><SubjectID>046</SubjectID><SubjectName>COURTS</SubjectName></SubjectIndex><SubjectIndex><SubjectID>048</SubjectID><SubjectName>COURTS, JUVENILE</SubjectName></SubjectIndex><SubjectIndex><SubjectID>206</SubjectID><SubjectName>GUARDIANS</SubjectName></SubjectIndex></BillInformation></ROOT>
