ADOPTION ACT UNFIT PERSON
Summary
Amends the Adoption Act. Provides that there is a rebuttable presumption, which can be overcome only by clear and convincing evidence, that a parent is unfit if there are 2 or more findings of physical abuse by the juvenile court under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 (deletes references to the former Juvenile Court Act), the parent has been convicted or found not guilty by reason of insanity in a case of the death of a child by physical abuse, or there is a finding of physical child abuse resulting from the death of a child under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Adds to the list of criminal convictions that create a presumption that a parent is depraved by including predatory criminal sexual assault of a child (deletes aggravated criminal sexual assault), heinous battery of a child, or aggravated battery of a child.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2006
Committee Review
Mar 2006
Senate Passage
Mar 2006
House Passage
Mar 2006
Signed into Law
Jun 2006
Introduced Feb 22, 2006
Signed Jun 26, 2006
Floor votes · Senate Feb 22, 2006 · House Mar 30, 2006
How they voted
54–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 55
Feb 22, 2006
D
Democratic29
96% Yea
R
Republican26
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
34
Key actions
8
Committee
8
Amendments
2
Jun 26, 2006
Signed into law
Governor Approved
upper
Mar 30, 2006
Upper · Passed
Passed Both Houses
upper
Mar 30, 2006
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (110-0-5)
house
Mar 23, 2006
Lower · Passed
Do Pass / Short Debate Adoption Reform; 005-000-000
lower
Mar 8, 2006
Committee
Assigned to Adoption Reform
lower
Feb 23, 2006
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
Feb 22, 2006
Introduced
Arrived in House
lower
Feb 22, 2006
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (54-0-1)
senate
Feb 15, 2006
Upper · Passed
Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 010-000-000
upper
Feb 14, 2006
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted
upper
Feb 14, 2006
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary
upper
Feb 14, 2006
Committee
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules
upper
Feb 14, 2006
Introduced
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Edward D. Maloney
upper
Feb 8, 2006
Committee
Assigned to Judiciary
upper
Jan 20, 2006
Committee
Referred to Rules
upper
0 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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