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2022 SESSION
HB 50 Infant relinquishment laws; DSS to establish hotline to make information available to public.
Introduced by: C. Matthew Fariss | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Safe haven protections; hotline to provide information about infant relinquishment laws and options. Directs the Department of Social Services to establish a toll-free, 24-hour hotline to make information about the Commonwealth's safe haven laws that provide for relinquishment of an infant, infant relinquishment locations, and support and resources available for parents available to the public and to make information about the hotline, including the toll-free number that may be used to contact the hotline, available on its website. The bill also directs the Department to undertake a campaign to increase public awareness of the Commonwealth's laws providing for relinquishment of an infant and the hotline established pursuant to the bill.
FULL TEXT
- 12/31/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102814D pdf | impact statement
- 02/01/22 House: Committee substitute printed 22105308D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/21/22 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB50ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/07/22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0174) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate amendments
- Senate amendments engrossed
- Conference amendments
HISTORY
- 12/31/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102814D
- 12/31/21 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 02/01/22 House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (17-Y 4-N)
- 02/01/22 House: Committee substitute printed 22105308D-H1
- 02/01/22 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/02/22 House: Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources
- 02/07/22 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/22 House: Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/22 House: Read first time
- 02/10/22 House: Read second time
- 02/10/22 House: Committee substitute agreed to 22105308D-H1
- 02/10/22 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB50H1
- 02/11/22 House: Read third time and passed House (98-Y 1-N)
- 02/11/22 House: VOTE: Passage (98-Y 1-N)
- 02/14/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/14/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
- 02/18/22 Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/22 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 03/01/22 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/22 Senate: Read third time
- 03/03/22 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 03/03/22 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 03/03/22 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 03/03/22 Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/22 House: Senate amendment rejected by House (1-Y 97-N)
- 03/07/22 House: VOTE: Rejected (1-Y 97-N)
- 03/08/22 Senate: Senate insisted on amendment (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/22 Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 03/09/22 House: House acceded to request
- 03/10/22 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/10/22 House: Delegates: Fariss, Cherry, Delaney
- 03/10/22 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/10/22 Senate: Senators: Favola, Locke, Cosgrove
- 03/10/22 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 03/11/22 House: Conference report agreed to by House (87-Y 9-N)
- 03/11/22 House: VOTE: Adoption (87-Y 9-N)
- 03/11/22 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/21/22 House: Enrolled
- 03/21/22 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB50ER)
- 03/21/22 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/22/22 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/22/22 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- 03/22/22 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- 04/07/22 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 174 (effective 7/1/22)
- 04/07/22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0174)