AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- ADOPTION OF CHILDREN (Allows the family court, after a fact-finding hearing establishing paternity, including the use of DNA, 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 2019
Committee Review
May 2019
House Passage
May 2019
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 14, 2019
Last action May 22, 2019
Floor votes · House May 15, 2019
How they voted
63–0
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 67
May 15, 2019
D
Democratic59
93% Yea
R
Republican8
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
3
Committee
3
May 22, 2019
Committee
05/22/2019 Referred to Senate Judiciary
legislature
May 15, 2019
Lower · Passed
05/15/2019 House read and passed
lower
Apr 30, 2019
Legislature · Passed
04/30/2019 Committee recommends passage
legislature
Mar 5, 2019
Legislature · Passed
03/05/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Feb 14, 2019
Introduced
02/14/2019 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary
lower
4 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Camille Vella-Wilkinson
DDemocratic
P
Carol McEntee
DDemocratic
P
Doc Corvese
DDemocratic
P
Scott Slater
DDemocratic
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