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2008 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services

Chairman: Linda T. Puller

Clerk: Emily O'Brion
Staff: Patrick Cushing
Date of Meeting: February 29, 2008
Time and Place: Friday, 8:30 a.m. in Senate Room B

H.B. 285 Adoptions; consent revocation period for parental placement.

Patron: Toscano

Consent revocation period for parental placement adoptions.  Provides that consent to an adoption may be revoked by a birth parent for up to seven days after it is executed. and that the seven day revocation period may be waived in writing at the time of consent provided that the child is at least 10 days old and the birth mother acknowledges having received independent legal counsel regarding the effect of such waiver. This bill eliminates the provision barring revocation after a child is 10 days old.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 63.2-1234 of the Code of Virginia, relating to revocation of consent in parental placement adoptions.

088468752

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H.B. 1171 Alcoholic mixed beverages; grounds for suspension or revocation of license if lewd conduct allowed.

Patron: Cosgrove

Alcoholic beverage control; prohibited acts; grounds for suspension or revocation of mixed beverage license; exceptions. Clarifies what lewd or disorderly conduct is and also provides that the grounds for suspension or revocation of a mixed beverage license relating to lewd entertainment, strip tease acts, or full or partial nudity do not apply to persons operating theaters, concert halls, art centers, museums, or similar establishments that are devoted primarily to the arts or theatrical performances, when the performances that are presented are not obscene and are expressing matters of serious literary, artistic, scientific, or political value. Nor do the prohibitions on bad language, strip tease acts, or full or partial nudity apply to licensees operating theaters, concert halls, art centers, museums, or similar establishments that are devoted primarily to the arts or theatrical performances when the performances are not obscene and are expressing matters of serious literary, artistic, scientific, or political value.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 4.1-225, 4.1-226, 4.1-325, and 4.1-325.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to alcoholic beverage control; prohibited acts; grounds for suspension or revocation of mixed beverage license; exceptions.

081871472

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H.B. 1489 Foster care plan; eliminates requirement for child placed out of his home be filed by public agency.

Patron: Fralin

Foster care plan.  Eliminates the requirement that a foster care plan for a child placed out of his home be filed by a public agency, other than a local board of social services, designated by a community policy and management team. Currently, such agencies must file a foster care plan when placing a child through an agreement with the child's parents or guardians where legal custody remains with the parents or guardians.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 16.1-281, 16.1-282, and 16.1-282.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to foster care plan.

080420806

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