Foster care and adoption; disclosure of information prior to placement.
Summary
Requires local boards of social services, prior to placement, to provide to the foster home or residential facility all known information, including whether the child has been the perpetrator of sexual abuse. The bill also requires that the background information provided to the prospective adoptive parents by a child placing agency or local department of social services include all known information regarding whether the child has been the perpetrator of sexual abuse.
Bill status
failed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2018
Committee Review
Mar 2018
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2018
Senate Passage
Feb 2018
Governor
Introduced Jan 9, 2018
Last action Mar 10, 2018
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
23
Key actions
9
Committee
10
Mar 10, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Conference report agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
legislature
Mar 9, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Amended by conference committee
legislature
Mar 7, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Senate requested conference committee
legislature
Mar 5, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB986S1
legislature
Mar 5, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 18107261D-S1
legislature
Mar 5, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Passed by temporarily
legislature
Feb 12, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
legislature
Feb 9, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
legislature
Feb 8, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB986H1
legislature
Feb 8, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 18106499D-H1
legislature
Jan 16, 2018
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2
legislature
Jan 9, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
legislature
Jan 9, 2018
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102824D
legislature
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Todd Gilbert
RRepublican
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