The Florida Senate

SB 498: Adoptions

GENERAL BILL by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs

Adoptions; Requiring that the court provide a petitioner with certain information related to postadoption services and informal change of custody; removing the requirement that a violation of the section must be willful and with criminal intent in order for such violation to result in criminal liability; requiring any adoption that conducts intercountry adoptions to meet certain requirements, etc.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  12/10/2013	Senate	• SPB 7002 submitted as a committee bill (SB 498) by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs • Filed
  12/18/2013	Senate	• Referred to Judiciary; Appropriations -SJ 42
  3/4/2014	Senate	• Introduced -SJ 42
  5/2/2014	Senate	• Died in Judiciary, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 1666 (Ch. 2014-224)

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• SB 498, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 12/10/2013 at 3:58 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Post-Meeting) 12/13/2013 (pdf)

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  S 1666 (er)	Child Welfare	Children, Families, and Elder Affairs	Compare	Last Action: 6/23/2014 Chapter No. 2014-224, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 977 (Ch. 2014-166), HB 5201 (Ch. 2014-57), CS/CS/HB 7141 (Ch. 2014-161) Location: Became Law

  Citations - Statutes (3)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  63.142	Hearing; judgment of adoption.	Page 1 (pdf)
  63.212	Prohibited acts; penalties for violation.	Page 2 (pdf)
  409.175	Licensure of family foster homes, residential child-caring agencies, and child-placing agencies; public records exemption.	Page 3 (pdf)

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