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2023 SESSION
HB 1699 Minors; buying or selling, exceptions, penalties.
Introduced by: Mike A. Cherry | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Buying or selling of minors; exceptions; penalties. Creates a Class 5 felony for any person who offers money or other valuable thing to another for the purpose of purchasing or otherwise obtaining custody or control of a minor and thereafter does any substantial act in furtherance of such offer of purchase or obtaining custody or control of such minor. The bill also creates a Class 5 felony for any parent, legal guardian, or other person having custody or control of a minor who receives any money or other valuable thing for or on account of selling or otherwise transferring custody or control of such minor or who offers to sell or otherwise transfer custody or control of such minor. The bill creates exceptions for any person entering into a surrogacy contract, seeking to adopt a child or place his child for adoption pursuant to relevant law, or who is a person with a legitimate interest, as defined by law, in such minor.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/23 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100309D pdf | impact statements
- 02/15/23 Senate: Committee substitute printed 23107017D-S1 pdf | impact statements
- 03/07/23 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1699ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/23/23 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0359) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/09/23 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100309D
- 01/09/23 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/31/23 House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
- 02/01/23 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/23 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/23 House: Read first time
- 02/06/23 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/07/23 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/23 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/23 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/08/23 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 02/15/23 Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/23 Senate: Committee substitute printed 23107017D-S1
- 02/15/23 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/16/23 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 02/20/23 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/23 Senate: Read third time
- 02/21/23 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/21/23 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 23107017D-S1
- 02/21/23 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1699S1
- 02/21/23 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/23 House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 23107017D-S1 (95-Y 1-N)
- 02/22/23 House: VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 1-N)
- 03/07/23 House: Enrolled
- 03/07/23 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1699ER)
- 03/08/23 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/08/23 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/13/23 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023
- 03/13/23 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
- 03/23/23 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 359 (effective 7/1/23)
- 03/23/23 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0359)