ADOPTION AND FOSTER CARE – Adds to existing law to prohibit religious discrimination in adoption and foster care cases.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
Mar 2024
House Passage
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
Signed into Law
Mar 2024
Introduced Feb 15, 2024
Signed Mar 25, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Mar 14, 2024 · House Feb 28, 2024
How they voted
32–2
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 35
Mar 14, 2024
D
Democratic7
71% Yea
R
Republican28
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
17
Key actions
7
Committee
3
Mar 25, 2024
Signed into law
Reported Signed by Governor on March 25, 2024 Session Law Chapter 166 Effective: 07/01/2024
lower
Mar 18, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by President; returned to House
upper
Mar 18, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
lower
Mar 14, 2024
Upper · Passed
Read third time in full – PASSED - 32-2-1AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Hartgen, Herndon, Just, Lakey, Lee, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Schroeder, Semmelroth, Toews, Trakel, Ward-Engelking, Winder, ZuiderveldNAYS – Taylor, WintrowAbsent and excused – VanOrdenFloor Sponsor - AnthonTitle apvd - to House
upper
Mar 7, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
upper
Feb 29, 2024
Introduced
Introduced, read first time; referred to: Health & Welfare
upper
Feb 28, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 64-4-2AYES – Alfieri, Allgood, Andrus, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Burns, Cannon, Cheatum, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(13), Dixon(1), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Galaviz, Gallagher, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kingsley, Lambert, Lanting, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Petzke, Pickett, Price, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Rubel, Saute
lower
Feb 26, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
lower
Feb 16, 2024
Committee
Reported Printed and Referred to Health & Welfare
lower
Feb 15, 2024
Introduced
Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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