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SB 1268 Adoption; child in custody of prospective adoptive parent(s) for five years or more.
Introduced by: R. Creigh Deeds | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Adoption; child in custody of prospective adoptive parent(s) for five years or more. Allows the juvenile and domestic relations district court to accept consent to a parental placement adoption without a home study and certain meeting and counseling requirements if the child has been in the continuous legal and physical custody of the prospective adoptive parent(s) for five or more years.
FULL TEXT
- 01/14/15 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15102615D pdf | impact statement
- 02/06/15 Senate: Committee substitute printed 15104856D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/24/15 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1268ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/23/15 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0529) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/14/15 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15102615D
- 01/14/15 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
- 02/06/15 Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (8-Y 3-N 1-A)
- 02/06/15 Senate: Committee substitute printed 15104856D-S1
- 02/09/15 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/15 Senate: Read second time
- 02/10/15 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/10/15 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 15104856D-S1
- 02/10/15 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1268S1
- 02/10/15 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/15 Senate: Passed Senate (29-Y 9-N)
- 02/12/15 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/12/15 House: Read first time
- 02/12/15 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 02/17/15 House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (20-Y 2-N)
- 02/18/15 House: Read second time
- 02/19/15 House: Read third time
- 02/19/15 House: Passed House (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/15 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/15 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/24/15 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1268ER)
- 02/24/15 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/26/15 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/26/15 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/26/15
- 02/26/15 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, March 29, 2015
- 03/23/15 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 529 (effective 7/1/15)
- 03/23/15 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0529)