AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- ADOPTION OF CHILDREN (Establishes a voluntary mutual consent sibling adoption registry where adult adopted children and adult siblings can identify each other.)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2019
Committee Review
Jun 2019
House Passage
Jun 2019
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 14, 2019
Last action Jun 28, 2019
Floor votes · House Jun 28, 2019
How they voted
49–0
Passed · 7 other
Total votes 56
Jun 28, 2019
D
Democratic50
90% Yea
R
Republican6
66% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
14
Key actions
5
Committee
5
Jun 28, 2019
Committee
06/28/2019 Referred to Senate Judiciary
legislature
Jun 28, 2019
Lower · Passed
06/28/2019 House passed Sub A
lower
Jun 27, 2019
Legislature · Passed
06/27/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A
legislature
May 14, 2019
Legislature · Passed
05/14/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Mar 6, 2019
Legislature · Passed
03/06/2019 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (03/06/2019)
legislature
Feb 27, 2019
Legislature · Passed
02/27/2019 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
Deb Fellela
DDemocratic
P
Greg Costantino
DDemocratic
P
Mary Messier
DDemocratic
P
SR
Stephen R. Ucci
DDemocratic
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