Adoption by relative; expands the applicability of procedures.
Summary
Expands the applicability of adoption procedures for a child's close relatives to all of the child's adult relatives, including stepparents, stepbrothers or stepsisters, and all other adult relatives of the child by marriage or adoption.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
Signed into Law
Mar 2019
Introduced Jan 8, 2019
Signed Mar 14, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 18, 2019
How they voted
36–0
Passed
Total votes 36
Feb 18, 2019
D
Democratic17
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
25
Key actions
7
Committee
7
Amendments
3
Mar 14, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 377 (effective 7/1/19)
executive
Feb 20, 2019
Introduced
Senate amendments agreed to by House (99-Y 1-N)
lower
Feb 19, 2019
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
upper
Feb 19, 2019
Upper · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
upper
Feb 19, 2019
Introduced
Reading of amendments waived
upper
Feb 18, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (36-0)
senate
Feb 7, 2019
Committee
Assigned Rehab sub: Subcommittee #2
upper
Feb 5, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
upper
Feb 4, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 1, 2019
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2208H1
lower
Feb 1, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 19105799D-H1
lower
Jan 16, 2019
Committee
Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Jan 8, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
lower
Jan 8, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101194D
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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