Children; Shai Cooper Act; adoption; updating reference; providing this section apply to immediate relatives; effective date.

Header and title page formatting changed from 'Committee Substitute' to 'Floor Version' with added Senate sponsor Thompson.

Committee report section updated to reflect floor version with oversight committee designation.

Added explicit definition of 'immediate relative' as brother, sister, grandparent, aunt, or uncle of the child

Modified home study waiver criteria to require petitioners to be married for at least one year if applicable, with exceptions for single immediate relatives

Added requirement that petitioners have no record of felony convictions, child abuse/neglect adjudications, domestic violence convictions, or protective orders

Changed bill title from 'Proposed Policy Committee Substitute' to 'Committee Substitute' and updated bill numbering from 12528 to 13133

Maintained effective date of November 1, 2025

Removed the specific 'Shai Cooper Act' naming and related descriptive language from the title and subject line.

Changed the title description to focus on updating references and applying to immediate relatives rather than listing all original provisions.

Updated formatting to conform to committee substitute format with new page numbering and amendment headers.

Minor text adjustments in Section 2 regarding home study waiver requirements, including reformatting of subsections and citation references.

Maintained the November 1, 2025 effective date in Section 2.

Formatting changes from Engrossed to Enrolled version, including sponsor name updates and page numbering adjustments.

Added standard Enrolled House and Senate passage dates and signatures for final approval.

Added explicit definition that 'immediate relative' includes aunts and uncles of the child being adopted.

Established effective date of November 1, 2025.

The act's name was changed from 'Children's Law Reform Act of 2025' to 'Shai Cooper Act'

Page numbering and formatting were updated to reflect the engrossed version status

The bill header was updated to show 'Engrossed House' instead of 'Introduced'