Post-adoption contact & communication agreements; authority to enter into agreements. (SB1139)
Introduced By
Sen. Barbara Favola (D-Arlington) with support from co-patron Del. David Reid (D-Loudoun)
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 |
Description
Post-adoption contact and communication agreements. Provides that a local board of social services or child welfare agency required to file a petition for a permanency planning hearing may inform the birth parents and shall inform the adoptive parents that they may enter into enter into a post-adoption contact and communication agreement. The bill further provides that such local board of social services or child welfare agency shall inform the child if he is 14 years of age or older that he may consent to such an agreement. This bill is identical to HB 1728. Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Passed
History
Date | Action |
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12/30/2018 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103550D |
12/30/2018 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
01/11/2019 | Impact statement from DPB (SB1139) |
01/21/2019 | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/21/2019 | Committee substitute printed 19105184D-S1 |
01/22/2019 | Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/23/2019 | Impact statement from DPB (SB1139S1) |
01/23/2019 | Read second time |
01/23/2019 | Reading of substitute waived |
01/23/2019 | Committee substitute agreed to 19105184D-S1 |
01/23/2019 | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1139S1 |
01/24/2019 | Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/29/2019 | Placed on Calendar |
01/29/2019 | Read first time |
01/29/2019 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
02/06/2019 | Reported from Courts of Justice (17-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/08/2019 | Read second time |
02/11/2019 | Read third time |
02/11/2019 | Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) |
02/11/2019 | VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/12/2019 | Enrolled |
02/12/2019 | Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1139ER) |
02/12/2019 | Impact statement from DPB (SB1139ER) |
02/12/2019 | Signed by Speaker |
02/13/2019 | Signed by President |
02/14/2019 | Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 14, 2019 |
02/14/2019 | G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 21, 2019 |
02/19/2019 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 65 (effective 7/1/19) |
02/19/2019 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0065) |