HB729: Adoption; allows birth parent to recommend adoptive parents.
Chief Patron
Del.
Michele McQuigg (R-51)

Michele McQuigg
(R-51)
Served: 1998–
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Status
04/05/2006: signed by governor
View Entire History
- 01/10/2006 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 062850412
- 01/10/2006 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 01/19/2006 Referred from Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 01/19/2006 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/23/2006 Fiscal impact statement from DPB (HB729)
- 02/06/2006 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/2006 Committee substitute printed 062870412-H1
- 02/08/2006 Read first time
- 02/09/2006 Read second time
- 02/09/2006 Substitute bill reprinted 062870412-H1
- 02/09/2006 Committee substitute agreed to 062870412-H1
- 02/09/2006 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB729H1
- 02/09/2006 Fiscal impact statement from DPB (HB729H1)
- 02/10/2006 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/2006 VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/2006 Communicated to Senate
- 02/13/2006 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/13/2006 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 03/01/2006 Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/2006 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/2006 VOTE: (38-Y 0-N)
- 03/06/2006 Read third time
- 03/06/2006 Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/06/2006 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/06/2006 VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/15/2006 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB729ER)
- 03/15/2006 Enrolled
- 03/15/2006 Signed by Speaker
- 03/16/2006 Fiscal impact statement from DPB (HB729ER)
- 03/16/2006 Signed by President
- 04/05/2006 G Approved by Governor-Chapter 654 (effective 7/1/06)
- 04/14/2006 G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0654)
Summary
Birth parent recommendation of adoptive parents. Creates
a new adoption procedure that allows the birth parent to recommend adoptive
parents. Additionally, the birth parent can choose between more open parental
placement adoption procedures or maintain privacy through use of the agency
adoption procedures. View Full Text »
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