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SB 1011 Post-adoption contact and communication; authorizes & establishes procedures governing.
Introduced by: John C. Miller | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Post-adoption contact and communication. Authorizes and establishes procedures governing post-adoption contact and communication agreements between the birth parent or parents of a child and the pre-adoptive parent or parents. Post-adoption contact and communication agreements shall not be required as a condition of approving any adoption. Failure to comply with the terms of a post-adoption contact and communication agreement shall not affect (i) the consent to the adoption, (ii) the voluntary relinquishment of parental rights, (iii) the voluntary or involuntary termination of parental rights, or (iv) the finality of the adoption. This bill is identical to HB 2160.
FULL TEXT
- 01/13/09 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/09 098398275 pdf
- 01/16/09 Senate: Committee substitute printed 095850275-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/09/09 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1011ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/27/09 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0260) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/13/09 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/09 098398275
- 01/13/09 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
- 01/16/09 Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (13-Y 0-N)
- 01/16/09 Senate: Committee substitute printed 095850275-S1
- 01/19/09 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N)
- 01/20/09 Senate: Read second time
- 01/20/09 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/20/09 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 095850275-S1
- 01/20/09 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1011S1
- 01/21/09 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 01/21/09 Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/21/09 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/09 House: Placed on Calendar
- 01/30/09 House: Read first time
- 01/30/09 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/20/09 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/09 House: Read second time
- 02/25/09 House: Read third time
- 02/25/09 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/25/09 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/25/09 House: Passed House with amendments (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/09 House: VOTE: --- PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/09 Senate: House amendments agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/09 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/09/09 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1011ER)
- 03/09/09 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/09 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/27/09 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 260 (effective 7/1/09)
- 03/27/09 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0260)