HB 721 Virginia House of Delegates · 2020 Regular Session

Post-adoption contact and communication agreements; involuntary termination of parental rights.

Summary

Post-adoption contact and communication agreements;involuntary termination of parental rights. Provides that a child'sbirth parent or parents for whom parental rights were involuntarily terminated may enter into a post-adoption contact and communicationagreement with the child's pre-adoptive parent or parents.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2020

Committee Review

Feb 2020

House of Delegates Passage

Jan 2020

Senate Passage

Feb 2020

Signed into Law

Mar 2020

Introduced Jan 6, 2020 Signed Mar 3, 2020

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 3, 2020

Signed into law

Approved by Governor-Chapter 98 (effective 7/1/20)

executive

Feb 17, 2020

Upper · Passed

Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)

upper

Feb 12, 2020

Upper · Passed

Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N 1-A)

upper

Feb 3, 2020

Committee

Referred to Committee on the Judiciary

upper

Jan 31, 2020

Lower · Passed

Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)

lower

Jan 27, 2020

Lower · Passed

Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N)

lower

Jan 22, 2020

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)

lower

Jan 6, 2020

Committee

Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

lower

Jan 6, 2020

Introduced

Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101572D

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors