SB 1306: Placement of Surrendered Newborn Infants
GENERAL BILL by Harrell
Placement of Surrendered Newborn Infants; Requiring licensed child-placing agencies to maintain a specified registry; requiring that certain information be removed from the registry under certain circumstances; prohibiting the child-placing agency from transferring certain costs to prospective adoptive parents; requiring licensed child-placing agencies to immediately place a surrendered newborn infant in the physical custody of an identified prospective adoptive parent; providing that the prospective adoptive parent becomes the guardian of such infant under certain conditions for a certain period of time; providing requirements for licensed child-placing agencies once they take physical custody of a surrendered newborn infant, etc.
- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (CF)
- Judiciary (JU)
- Rules (RC)
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 2/28/2023 Senate • Filed
3/6/2023 Senate • Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Judiciary; Rules
3/7/2023 Senate • Introduced
3/15/2023 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 03/20/23, 12:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
3/20/2023 Senate • Favorable by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
• Now in Judiciary
5/5/2023 Senate • Died in Judiciary
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SB 1306, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/28/2023 at 4:35 PM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Pre-Meeting) 3/18/2023 (pdf)
Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Post-Meeting) 3/20/2023 (pdf)
Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 1339 Placement of Surrendered Newborn Infants Abbott Identical Last Action: 5/5/2023 H Died in Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee 
Committee Votes (1)
Date Committee Result 3/20/2023 12:30 PM Children, Families, and Elder Affairs 7 Yeas - 0 Nays Citations - Statutes (3)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 63.039 Duty of adoption entity to prospective adoptive parents; sanctions. Page 2 (pdf) 63.0423 Procedures with respect to surrendered infants. Page 2 (pdf) 383.50 Treatment of surrendered newborn infant. Page 3 (pdf)