Post-adoption contact & communication agreements; authority to enter into agreements.
Summary
Provides that a local board of social services or child welfare agency required to file a petition for a permanency planning hearing may inform the birth parents and shall inform the adoptive parents that they may enter into enter into a post-adoption contact and communication agreement. The bill further provides that such local board of social services or child welfare agency shall inform the child if he is 14 years of age or older that he may consent to such an agreement. This bill is identical to
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2018
Committee Review
Jan 2019
Senate Passage
Jan 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2019
Signed into Law
Feb 2019
Introduced Dec 30, 2018
Signed Feb 19, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Jan 22, 2019
How they voted
33–0
Passed
Total votes 33
Jan 22, 2019
D
Democratic14
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
19
Key actions
5
Committee
4
Feb 19, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 65 (effective 7/1/19)
executive
Feb 11, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 29, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Jan 23, 2019
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1139S1
upper
Jan 23, 2019
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 19105184D-S1
upper
Jan 22, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (33-0)
senate
Dec 30, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
Dec 30, 2018
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103550D
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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