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2021 SPECIAL SESSION I
SB 1321 Confirmatory adoption; expands the stepparent adoption provisions.
Introduced by: Jennifer B. Boysko | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Confirmatory adoption. Expands the stepparent adoption provisions to allow a person who is not the child's stepparent but has a legitimate interest in the child to file a joint petition for adoption with the child's birth parent or parent by adoption.
FULL TEXT
- 01/12/21 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102745D pdf | impact statement
- 01/28/21 Senate: Printed as engrossed 21102745D-E pdf | impact statement
- 02/24/21 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1321ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/18/21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0252) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/12/21 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102745D
- 01/12/21 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
- 01/22/21 Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendments (11-Y 1-N 3-A)
- 01/22/21 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 01/26/21 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 2-N 2-A)
- 01/27/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/21 Senate: Read second time
- 01/28/21 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 01/28/21 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 01/28/21 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1321E
- 01/28/21 Senate: Printed as engrossed 21102745D-E
- 01/29/21 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (24-Y 13-N)
- 02/02/21 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/02/21 House: Read first time
- 02/02/21 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 02/08/21 House: Continued to Special Session 1 in Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote
- 02/09/21 House: Assigned HWI sub: Social Services
- 02/16/21 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 1-N)
- 02/16/21 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/16/21 House: Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources
- 02/16/21 House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (20-Y 2-N)
- 02/16/21 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/17/21 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/21 House: Reported from Appropriations (20-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/21 House: Read second time
- 02/22/21 House: Read third time
- 02/22/21 House: Passed House (80-Y 20-N)
- 02/22/21 House: VOTE: Passage (80-Y 20-N)
- 02/24/21 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/24/21 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1321ER)
- 02/24/21 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/25/21 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/01/21 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
- 03/01/21 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 03/18/21 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 252 (effective 7/1/21)
- 03/18/21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0252)