Florida Senate - 2015                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS/HB 7013, 1st Eng.
       
       
       
       
       
       
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             04/08/2015 05:42 PM       .                                
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       Senator Stargel moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 179 - 192
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 2. Subsection (5) is added to section 63.042,
    6  Florida Statutes, to read:
    7         63.042 Who may be adopted; who may adopt.—
    8         (5) A person eligible under this section may not be
    9  prohibited from adopting solely because that person desires to
   10  educate the adopted child at home.
   11         Section 3. Effective only if a statewide binding court
   12  decision holds that subsection (3) of section 63.042, Florida
   13  Statutes, is unconstitutional, subsection (3) of section 63.042,
   14  Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   15         63.042 Who may be adopted; who may adopt.—
   16         (3) No person eligible to adopt under this statute may
   17  adopt if that person is a homosexual.
   18         Section 4. The Department of Children and Families shall
   19  notify the Division of Law Revision and Information if a
   20  statewide binding court decision holds that subsection (3) of
   21  section 63.042, Florida Statutes, is unconstitutional.
   22  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   23  And the title is amended as follows:
   24         Delete lines 6 - 10
   25  and insert:
   26         services; amending s. 63.042, F.S.; specifying that a
   27         person may not be prohibited from adopting solely
   28         because he or she desires to educate the adopted child
   29         at home; providing for the future contingent repeal of
   30         s. 63.042(3), F.S., relating to the prohibition of
   31         specified persons from adopting a child; requiring the
   32         Department of Children and Families to notify the
   33         Division of Law Revision and Information in the event
   34         of a certain court decision; amending