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CS/HB 141: Adoption

GENERAL BILL by Council for Healthy Communities ; Lynn ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Crow ; Harrington ; Ross ; Gannon ; Byrd ; Murman ; Brutus ; Bullard ; Fiorentino

Adoption; removes authority of licensed child-placing agencies to file actions to terminate parental rights; provides additional requirements for petition for adoption; allows biological relatives to have communication or contact with adoptive child under certain conditions; prohibits placement of minors in homes with certain criminal offenders; revises requirements for form & content of petition for adoption, etc. Amends FS.

Effective Date: 10/01/2001
Last Action: 4/18/2001 - Became Law without Governor's Signature; Chapter No. 2001-3 -HJ 00552
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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
1/10/2001 House • Prefiled
1/23/2001 House • Referred to Child & Family Security (HCC); Judicial Oversight (SGC); Council for Healthy Communities
1/29/2001 House • On Committee agenda-- Child & Family Security (HCC), 02/06/01, 1:30 pm, 116-K
2/6/2001 House • Favorable with 12 amendment(s) by Child & Family Security (HCC); YEAS 7 NAYS 3
2/7/2001 House • Now in Judicial Oversight (SGC); On Committee agenda-- Judicial Oversight (SGC), 02/08/01, 9:00 am, Reed Hall
2/8/2001 House • Favorable by Judicial Oversight (SGC); YEAS 9 NAYS 0; Now in Council for Healthy Communities
2/9/2001 House • On Council agenda-- Council for Healthy Communities, 02/19/01, 1:30 pm, Reed Hall
2/19/2001 House • CS by- Council for Healthy Communities; YEAS 12 NAYS 0
3/5/2001 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 6; Placed on Calendar, on second reading
3/6/2001 House • Introduced, referred to Child & Family Security (HCC); Judicial Oversight (SGC); Council for Healthy Communities -HJ 00022; On Committee agenda-- Child & Family Security (HCC), 02/06/01, 1:30 pm, 116-K; Favorable with 12 amendment(s) by Child & Family Security (HCC); YEAS 7 NAYS 3 -HJ 00077; Now in Judicial Oversight (SGC) -HJ 00077; On Committee agenda-- Judicial Oversight (SGC), 02/08/01, 9:00 am, Reed Hall; Favorable by Judicial Oversight (SGC); YEAS 9 NAYS 0 -HJ 00077; Now in Council for Healthy Communities -HJ 00077; On Council agenda-- Council for Healthy Communities, 02/19/01, 1:30 pm, Reed Hall; CS by- Council for Healthy Communities; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 -HJ 00076; CS read first time on 03/06/01 -HJ 00073; Pending review of CS under Rule 6 -HJ 00076; Placed on Calendar, on second reading -HJ 00076
3/7/2001 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar; Read second time -HJ 00125; Amendment(s) adopted -HJ 00126
3/8/2001 House • Read third time -HJ 00144; CS passed as amended; YEAS 104 NAYS 8 -HJ 00145
3/21/2001 Senate • In Messages
3/22/2001 Senate • Received, referred to Children and Families -SJ 00227; Immediately withdrawn from Children and Families -SJ 00219; Substituted for CS/CS/SB 138 -SJ 00220; Read second and third times -SJ 00220; CS passed; YEAS 30 NAYS 8 -SJ 00220
3/27/2001 House • Ordered enrolled -HJ 00393
4/10/2001 • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor -HJ 00507
4/18/2001 • Became Law without Governor's Signature; Chapter No. 2001-3 -HJ 00552