Adoption; proper notice of proceeding to legal custodian.
Summary
Legal custodian; parties to a pending custodyor visitation case; notice of adoption proceeding. Provides thata legal custodian of a child being placed for adoption, and any othernamed parties in pending cases in which the custody or visitationof such child is at issue, shall be entitled to proper notice of anyadoption proceeding and an opportunity to be heard.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Feb 2020
Introduced Dec 11, 2019
Signed Feb 24, 2020
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
31
Key actions
7
Committee
10
Amendments
1
Feb 24, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 3 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Feb 11, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 7, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 3, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
upper
Jan 31, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 30, 2020
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB94E
lower
Jan 30, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
lower
Jan 27, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (20-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 22, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 21, 2020
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Civil
lower
Jan 21, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Jan 21, 2020
Committee
Referred from Health, Welfare and Institutions
lower
Jan 14, 2020
Committee
Assigned HWI sub: Social Services
lower
Dec 11, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
lower
Dec 11, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102572D
lower
0 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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