AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS - ADOPTION OF CHILDREN (Allows the family court, after a fact-finding hearing establishing paternity, to terminate the parental rights of a person convicted of sexual assault which resulted in the birth of a child.)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2018
Committee Review
Jun 2018
House Passage
Jun 2018
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 14, 2018
Last action Jun 14, 2018
Floor votes · House Jun 5, 2018
How they voted
67–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 69
Jun 5, 2018
D
Democratic59
96% Yea
R
Republican10
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
3
Committee
3
Jun 14, 2018
Committee
06/14/2018 Referred to Senate Judiciary
legislature
Jun 5, 2018
Lower · Passed
06/05/2018 House read and passed
lower
May 29, 2018
Legislature · Passed
05/29/2018 Committee recommends passage
legislature
Apr 4, 2018
Legislature · Passed
04/04/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Feb 14, 2018
Introduced
02/14/2018 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary
lower
4 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Carol McEntee
DDemocratic
P
DP
Daniel P. McKiernan
DDemocratic
P
Joseph Solomon
DDemocratic
P
KA
Kenneth A. Marshall
DDemocratic
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