Adoption Benefits
Summary
Adoption Benefits; Provides eligibility to certain veterans & servicemembers for specified adoption benefits.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House Passage
Jan 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Jun 2020
Introduced Jan 14, 2020
Signed Jun 9, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Feb 26, 2020 · House Jan 22, 2020
How they voted
20–0
Passed
Total votes 20
Feb 26, 2020
D
Democratic12
100% Yea
R
Republican8
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
34
Key actions
11
Committee
10
Jun 9, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor
legislature
Feb 26, 2020
Upper · Passed
CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0
upper
Feb 5, 2020
Committee
Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations
upper
Jan 22, 2020
Lower · Passed
CS passed; YEAS 118 NAYS 0
lower
Jan 16, 2020
Lower · Passed
CS/CS by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 17 NAYS 0
lower
Jan 14, 2020
Introduced
Introduced
lower
Jan 14, 2020
Lower · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 01/16/20, 12:30 pm, Morris Hall
lower
Nov 7, 2019
Lower · Passed
Now in Health and Human Services Committee
lower
Nov 6, 2019
Lower · Passed
Favorable by Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
lower
Oct 30, 2019
Lower · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee, 11/06/19, 1:00 pm, Sumner Hall
lower
Oct 28, 2019
Lower · Passed
Now in Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
lower
Oct 24, 2019
Lower · Passed
CS by Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0
lower
Oct 17, 2019
Lower · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee, 10/24/19, 9:30 am, 12 HOB
lower
Sep 23, 2019
Committee
Referred to Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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