Foster care and adoption; disclosure of information prior to placement. (HB986)

Introduced By

Del. Todd Gilbert (R-Woodstock)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

Foster care and adoption; disclosure of information prior to placement. Requires local boards of social services, prior to placement of a child in any foster home or children's residential facility, to provide to the foster home or residential facility all reasonably ascertainable background, medical, and psychological records of the child, including whether the child has been the subject of an investigation as the perpetrator of sexual abuse. The bill also requires that the background information provided to prospective adoptive parents by a child placing agency or local department of social services include whether the child has been the subject of an investigation as the perpetrator of sexual abuse. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Passed

History

DateAction
01/09/2018Committee
01/09/2018Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102824D
01/09/2018Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/16/2018Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2
01/16/2018Impact statement from DPB (HB986)
01/31/2018Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
02/05/2018Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (18-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/05/2018Committee substitute printed 18106499D-H1
02/06/2018Impact statement from DPB (HB986H1)
02/07/2018Read first time
02/08/2018Read second time
02/08/2018Committee substitute agreed to 18106499D-H1
02/08/2018Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB986H1
02/09/2018Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE(99-Y 0-N)
02/09/2018Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
02/09/2018VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/12/2018Constitutional reading dispensed
02/12/2018Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
02/28/2018Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (12-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/28/2018Committee substitute printed 18107261D-S1
03/01/2018Impact statement from DPB (HB986S1)
03/02/2018Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/05/2018Read third time
03/05/2018Passed by temporarily
03/05/2018Reading of substitute waived
03/05/2018Committee substitute agreed to 18107261D-S1
03/05/2018Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB986S1
03/05/2018Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/06/2018Placed on Calendar
03/06/2018Senate substitute rejected by House 18107261D-S1 (1-Y 94-N)
03/06/2018VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 94-N) (see vote tally)
03/07/2018Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/07/2018Senate requested conference committee
03/08/2018House acceded to request
03/08/2018Conferees appointed by House
03/08/2018Delegates: Gilbert, Leftwich, Bourne
03/08/2018Conferees appointed by Senate
03/08/2018Senators: Obenshain, Reeves, Edwards
03/09/2018C Amended by conference committee
03/10/2018Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/10/2018Conference report agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
03/10/2018VOTE: ADOPTION (98-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/20/2018Enrolled
03/20/2018Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB986ER)
03/20/2018Impact statement from DPB (HB986ER)
03/20/2018Signed by Speaker
03/22/2018Signed by President
03/26/2018Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 26, 2018
03/26/2018G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, April 9, 2018
03/30/2018G Approved by Governor-Chapter 694 (effective 7/1/18)
03/30/2018G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0694)

Video

This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 2 clips in all, totaling 2 minutes.

Transcript

This is a transcript of the video clips in which this bill is discussed.

could ever be allowed 0 occur again. The house version was agreed to -- I had originally put in the legislation advises the family if the child had been a victim or a perpetrator of sexual assault. The house thought it was best -- and I agree at this point that