Post-adoption contact & communication agreements; authority to enter into agreements.
Summary
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
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2018
Committee Review
Feb 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
Signed into Law
Feb 2019
Introduced Dec 19, 2018
Signed Feb 21, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 8, 2019
How they voted
37–0
Passed
Total votes 37
Feb 8, 2019
D
Democratic17
100% Yea
R
Republican20
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
5
Committee
5
Feb 21, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 84 (effective 7/1/19)
executive
Feb 8, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (37-0)
senate
Feb 1, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
Jan 31, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 30, 2019
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1728H1
lower
Jan 30, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 19105385D-H1
lower
Jan 7, 2019
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Dec 19, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Dec 19, 2018
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103547D
lower
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
David Reid
DDemocratic
Co
Alfonso Lopez
DDemocratic
Co
Barbara Favola
DDemocratic
Co
Kathleen Murphy
DDemocratic
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