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SB 1423 Foster care; placement of children, local board shall request a search of Putative Father Registry.
Introduced by: George L. Barker | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Placement of children entering foster care; Putative Father Registry. Requires local boards of social services to request a search of the Putative Father Registry within 30 days of accepting for foster care placement a child whose father is unknown to determine whether any man has registered as a putative father of the child and, if a man has registered, directs the local board of social services to contact the man to begin the process to determine paternity. The bill requires any man who desires to receive such notification to register with the Putative Father Registry before the birth of the child or within 10 days after the birth.
FULL TEXT
- 01/23/15 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 15102660D pdf | impact statement
- 01/30/15 Senate: Committee substitute printed 15104557D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/24/15 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1423ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/23/15 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0531) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/23/15 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 15102660D
- 01/23/15 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
- 01/30/15 Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/15 Senate: Committee substitute printed 15104557D-S1
- 02/02/15 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/15 Senate: Read second time
- 02/03/15 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/03/15 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 15104557D-S1
- 02/03/15 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1423S1
- 02/04/15 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 1-N)
- 02/04/15 Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/15 Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/15 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/09/15 House: Read first time
- 02/09/15 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 02/10/15 House: Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #3
- 02/12/15 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/15 House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/15 House: Read second time
- 02/19/15 House: Read third time
- 02/19/15 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/15 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/15 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/24/15 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1423ER)
- 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 531 (effective 7/1/15)
- 03/23/15 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0531)