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2003 SESSION
HB 2233 Recognition of foreign adoption decrees.
Introduced by: Benjamin L. Cline | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION: (all summaries)
Recognition of foreign adoption decrees. Provides that adoptive parents who are residents of the Commonwealth may petition the circuit court in the city or county where they reside for a report of adoption when the adoptive parents are seeking a Virginia certificate of birth for a child adopted in a foreign country that has post-adoption reporting requirements and with whom the United States has diplomatic relations. The adoptive parents must provide the circuit court with evidence, such as an admission stamp in the child’s passport, that the child was admitted to the United States with an immediate relative immigrant visa (IR-3), a report of adoption on a form furnished by the State Registrar of Vital Records, completed post-adoption reports, and a signed affidavit stating that any outstanding post-adoption requirements shall be met as required by the foreign country. The affidavit shall also include the name by which the child is to be known. The circuit court will review all documents provided by the adoptive parents. If the circuit court finds that all requirements have been met, the circuit court may issue the report of adoption to the State Registrar for issuance of a Virginia certificate of birth. Adoptive parents seeking to have a child from a foreign country adopted or who choose to readopt a child from a foreign country in Virginia must comply with all statutory adoption requirements in order to get a Virginia certificate of birth.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/03 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/08/03 036252926 pdf
- 01/23/03 House: Committee substitute printed 033169670-H1 pdf
- 02/14/03 Senate: Floor substitute printed 033177670-S1 (Hanger) pdf
- 02/27/03 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2233ER) pdf
- 04/02/03 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB2233ER2) pdf
- 04/03/03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0985) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/08/03 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/08/03 036252926
- 01/08/03 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 01/13/03 House: Assigned to H. W. I. sub-committee: 2
- 01/23/03 House: Reported from H. W. I. w/substitute (20-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/03 House: Committee substitute printed 033169670-H1
- 01/24/03 House: Read first time
- 01/27/03 House: Read second time
- 01/27/03 House: Committee substitute agreed to 033169670-H1
- 01/27/03 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute 033169670-H1
- 01/28/03 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/03 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/03 House: Communicated to Senate
- 01/29/03 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/29/03 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
- 02/07/03 Senate: Reported from R. & S. S. w/amendments (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/03 Senate: Const. reading disp., passed by for the day (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/03 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/03 Senate: Read third time
- 02/11/03 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/12/03 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/13/03 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/14/03 Senate: Floor substitute printed 033177670-S1 (Hanger)
- 02/14/03 Senate: Read third time
- 02/14/03 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/14/03 Senate: Committee amendments rejected
- 02/14/03 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/14/03 Senate: Substitute by Sen. Hanger agreed to 033177670-S1
- 02/14/03 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute 033177670-S1
- 02/14/03 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/03 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/03 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/18/03 House: Senate substitute agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/03 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/03 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2233ER)
- 03/05/03 House: Enrolled
- 03/05/03 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/06/03 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/24/03 House: Governor's recommendation received by House
- 04/02/03 House: Placed on Calendar
- 04/02/03 House: House concurred in Gov's rec. BLOCK VOICE VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 04/02/03 Senate: Senate concurred in Gov's recommendation (39-Y 0-N)
- 04/02/03 Senate: VOTE: ADOPT GOV. RECOMM. (39-Y 0-N)
- 04/02/03 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 04/02/03 House: Reenrolled
- 04/02/03 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 04/02/03 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/02/03 House: Enacted, Chapter 985 (effective 7/1/03)
- 04/02/03 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB2233ER2)
- 04/03/03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0985)