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SB 790: Surrendered Infants

GENERAL BILL by Yarborough ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Osgood ; Perry

Surrendered Infants; Changing the term “newborn infant” to “infant”; increasing the age at which a child is considered an infant; authorizing a parent to leave an infant with medical staff or a licensed health care professional at a hospital after the delivery of the infant, upon the parent giving a certain notification; authorizing a parent to surrender an infant by calling 911 to request that an emergency medical services provider meet the surrendering parent at a specified location, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2024
 Last Action: 2/21/2024 Senate - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 775 (Ch. 2024-213) -SJ 435
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Health Policy (HP)
  2. Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (CF)
  3. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    12/7/2023 Senate • Filed
    12/15/2023 Senate • Referred to Health Policy; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Rules
    1/9/2024 Senate • Introduced
    1/11/2024 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 01/16/24, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
    1/16/2024 Senate • Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 7 NAYS 1
    • Now in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
    1/25/2024 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 01/30/24, 1:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
    1/30/2024 Senate • Favorable by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
    • Now in Rules
    2/5/2024 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/08/24, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
    2/8/2024 Senate • Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 19 NAYS 0
    • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
    2/15/2024 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/21/24
    2/21/2024 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 435
    • Substituted CS/HB 775 -SJ 435
    • Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 775 (Ch. 2024-213) -SJ 435

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  • SB 790, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 12/7/2023 at 8:31 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Health Policy (Pre-Meeting) 1/12/2024 (pdf)
    Health Policy (Post-Meeting) 1/16/2024 (pdf)
    Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Pre-Meeting) 1/29/2024 (pdf)
    Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Post-Meeting) 1/30/2024 (pdf)
    Rules (Pre-Meeting) 2/7/2024 (pdf)
    Rules (Post-Meeting) 2/8/2024 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 775 (er) Surrendered Infants Health & Human Services Committee Similar Last Action: 5/30/2024 Chapter No. 2024-213 Track This Bill

    Committee Votes (3)

    Date Committee Result
    1/16/2024 1:30 PM Health Policy 7 Yeas - 1 Nays
    1/30/2024 1:00 PM Children, Families, and Elder Affairs 7 Yeas - 0 Nays
    2/8/2024 8:30 AM Rules 19 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (8)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    39.01 Definitions. Page 5 (pdf)
    39.201 Required reports of child abuse, abandonment, or neglect, sexual abuse of a child, and juvenile sexual abuse; required reports of death; reports involving a child who has exhibited inappropriate sexual behavior. Page 7 (pdf)
    63.0423 Procedures with respect to surrendered infants. Page 8 (pdf)
    63.167 State adoption information center. Page 10 (pdf)
    383.50 Treatment of surrendered newborn infant. Page 1 (pdf)
    383.51 Confidentiality; identification of parent leaving newborn infant at hospital, emergency medical services station, or fire station. Page 10 (pdf)
    827.035 Newborn infants. Page 10 (pdf)
    827.10 Unlawful desertion of a child. Page 11 (pdf)

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