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2000 SESSION

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SB 685 Adoption.

Introduced by: W. Roscoe Reynolds | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Adoption. Repeals the current chapter on adoption (Chapter 11 of Title 63.1) and reorganizes the sections into six separate articles of a new chapter. The new articles are: general provisions, which applies to all types of adoptions; agency adoptions; parental placement adoptions; stepparent adoptions; adult adoptions; and records. Prior to this change, all of the types of adoptions were lumped into the same code sections, creating confusion among the courts, parties and agencies involved. These changes separate each type of adoption into individual articles, which clearly identify all of the procedures necessary to complete the process. Several of the larger code sections were split into the parts that apply to each specific type of adoption. There are no policy changes related to adoption in this bill, only a reorganization of the current law.

FULL TEXT

• 01/24/00  Senate: Presented & ordered printed 005130244  pdf
• 03/16/00  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB685ER)  pdf
• 05/02/00  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0830)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/24/00  Senate: Presented & ordered printed 005130244
• 01/24/00  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/13/00  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/14/00  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/14/00  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/15/00  Senate: Read second time and engrossed
• 02/15/00  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/15/00  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/15/00  Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/15/00  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/15/00  Senate: Communicated to House
• 02/21/00  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/21/00  House: Read first time
• 02/21/00  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/23/00  House: Assigned to C. J. sub-committee: 3
• 03/05/00  House: Reported from Courts of Justice (23-Y 0-N)
• 03/06/00  House: Read second time
• 03/07/00  House: Read third time
• 03/07/00  House: Passed House (Block Vote) (99-Y 0-N)
• 03/07/00  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
• 03/16/00  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB685ER)
• 03/23/00  Senate: Enrolled
• 03/24/00  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/25/00  Senate: Signed by President
• 04/09/00  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 830 (effective 7/1/00)
• 05/02/00  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0830)