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2011 SESSION
HB 2157 Foreign adoptions; eliminates requirement for re-adoption in State.
Introduced by: Salvatore R. Iaquinto | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Recognition of foreign adoptions. Provides that in cases in which a child has been adopted pursuant to the laws of a foreign country and enters the United States with an IR-3 or IH-3 visa issued by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service, the adoptive parents shall not be required to readopt the child in Virginia and the adoption shall be recognized by the Commonwealth and the rights and obligations of the parties shall be determined as though the order of adoption was entered by a court of the Commonwealth. This bill also establishes a streamlined process whereby adoptive parents of children adopted pursuant to the laws of a foreign country and brought into the United States with an IR-3 or IH-3 visa may obtain a certificate of birth for the child.
FULL TEXT
- 01/12/11 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/11 11100120D pdf
- 02/03/11 House: Printed as engrossed 11100120D-E pdf | impact statement
- 02/18/11 Senate: Committee substitute printed 11105486D-S1 pdf
- 02/25/11 House: Conference substitute printed 11105568D-H1 pdf
- 03/03/11 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2157ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/24/11 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0486) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/12/11 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/11 11100120D
- 01/12/11 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/18/11 House: Assigned Courts sub: #2 Civil
- 01/19/11 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/11 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/11 House: Read first time
- 02/03/11 House: Read second time
- 02/03/11 House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/03/11 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB2157E
- 02/03/11 House: Printed as engrossed 11100120D-E
- 02/04/11 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/11 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/11 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/07/11 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/09/11 Senate: Rereferred from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/11 Senate: Rereferred to Rehabilitation and Social Services
- 02/18/11 Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/11 Senate: Committee substitute printed 11105486D-S1
- 02/21/11 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/11 Senate: Reconsideration of passed by for the day agreed to (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/11 Senate: Reconsideration of dispensing with constitutional reading agreed to (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/11 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/11 Senate: Read third time
- 02/22/11 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/22/11 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 11105486D-S1
- 02/22/11 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2157S1
- 02/22/11 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/11 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/23/11 House: Senate substitute rejected by House 11105486D-S1 (2-Y 93-N)
- 02/23/11 House: VOTE: REJECTED (2-Y 93-N)
- 02/24/11 Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/11 Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 02/24/11 House: House acceded to request
- 02/24/11 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 02/24/11 House: Delegates: Iaquinto, Knight, Toscano
- 02/24/11 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 02/24/11 Senate: Senators: Northam, Herring, McWaters
- 02/25/11 House: Conference substitute printed 11105568D-H1
- 02/25/11 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/11 House: Conference report agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/11 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (98-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/11 House: Enrolled
- 03/03/11 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2157ER)
- 03/03/11 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/06/11 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/24/11 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 486 (effective 7/1/11)
- 03/24/11 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0486)