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2019 SESSION

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HB 1728 Post-adoption contact & communication agreements; authority to enter into agreements.

Introduced by: David A. Reid | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Post-adoption contact and communication agreements. Provides that a local board of social services or child welfare agency required to file a petition for a permanency planning hearing may inform the birth parents and shall inform the adoptive parents that they may enter into enter into a post-adoption contact and communication agreement. The bill further provides that such local board of social services or child welfare agency shall inform the child if he is 14 years of age or older that he may consent to such an agreement. This bill is identical to SB 1139.

FULL TEXT

• 12/19/18  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103547D  pdf | impact statement
• 01/25/19  House: Committee substitute printed 19105385D-H1  pdf | impact statement
• 02/13/19  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1728ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 02/21/19  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0084)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
• House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered

HISTORY

• 12/19/18  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103547D
• 12/19/18  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/07/19  House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2
• 01/21/19  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
• 01/25/19  House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (17-Y 0-N)
• 01/25/19  House: Committee substitute printed 19105385D-H1
• 01/29/19  House: Read first time
• 01/30/19  House: Read second time
• 01/30/19  House: Committee substitute agreed to 19105385D-H1
• 01/30/19  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1728H1
• 01/31/19  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
• 01/31/19  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/01/19  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/01/19  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/06/19  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (10-Y 0-N)
• 02/08/19  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/11/19  Senate: Read third time
• 02/11/19  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/13/19  House: Enrolled
• 02/13/19  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1728ER)
• 02/13/19  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/14/19  Senate: Signed by President
• 02/15/19  House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 15, 2019
• 02/15/19  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 22, 2019
• 02/21/19  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 84 (effective 7/1/19)
• 02/21/19  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0084)