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HB 227 Adoption by stepparent; background check.
Introduced by: Christopher P. Stolle | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Adoption by stepparent; background check. Requires a circuit court, when determining whether an investigation by the director of the local department of social services should be required before a final order is entered to approve as an adoptive parent the spouse of a child's birth or adoptive parent, to consider the results of a national criminal history background check conducted on the prospective adoptive parent. The provisions of the bill expire on July 1, 2020.
FULL TEXT
- 12/29/17 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102229D pdf | impact statement
- 01/24/18 House: Printed as engrossed 18102229D-E pdf | impact statement
- 02/02/18 Senate: Committee substitute printed 18106639D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/12/18 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB227ER) pdf | impact statement
- 02/22/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0009) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 12/29/17 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102229D
- 12/29/17 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 01/15/18 House: Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #2
- 01/16/18 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- 01/18/18 House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment (21-Y 0-N)
- 01/22/18 House: Read first time
- 01/23/18 House: Passed by for the day
- 01/24/18 House: Read second time
- 01/24/18 House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 01/24/18 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB227E
- 01/24/18 House: Printed as engrossed 18102229D-E
- 01/25/18 House: Read third time and passed House (97-Y 1-N)
- 01/25/18 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (97-Y 1-N)
- 01/26/18 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/26/18 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
- 02/02/18 Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/18 Senate: Committee substitute printed 18106639D-S1
- 02/05/18 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/18 Senate: Read third time
- 02/06/18 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/06/18 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 18106639D-S1
- 02/06/18 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB227S1
- 02/06/18 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/18 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/08/18 House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 18106639D-S1 (97-Y 1-N)
- 02/08/18 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (97-Y 1-N)
- 02/12/18 House: Enrolled
- 02/12/18 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB227ER)
- 02/12/18 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/14/18 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/15/18 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/15/17
- 02/15/18 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 22, 2018
- 02/22/18 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 9 (effective 7/1/18)
- 02/22/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0009)