SB 1321 Virginia Senate · 2021 Regular Session

Confirmatory adoption; expands the stepparent adoption provisions.

Summary

Confirmatory adoption. Expands the stepparentadoption provisions to allow a person who is not the child's stepparentbut has a legitimate interest in the child to file a joint petitionfor adoption with the child's birth parent or parent by adoption.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2021

Committee Review

Feb 2021

Senate Passage

Jan 2021

House of Delegates Passage

Feb 2021

Signed into Law

Mar 2021

Introduced Jan 12, 2021 Signed Mar 18, 2021

Floor votes · Senate Jan 27, 2021 · House of Delegates Feb 22, 2021

How they voted

33–0

Passed

Total votes 33

Jan 27, 2021

D Democratic17

17 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican16

16 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Mar 18, 2021

Signed into law

Approved by Governor-Chapter 252 (effective 7/1/21)

executive

Feb 22, 2021

Lower · Passed

Passed House (80-Y 20-N)

lower

Feb 17, 2021

Lower · Passed

Reported from Appropriations (20-Y 0-N)

lower

Feb 17, 2021

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)

lower

Feb 16, 2021

Committee

Referred to Committee on Appropriations

lower

Feb 16, 2021

Lower · Passed

Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (20-Y 2-N)

lower

Feb 16, 2021

Committee

Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources

lower

Feb 16, 2021

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations

lower

Feb 16, 2021

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 1-N)

lower

Feb 9, 2021

Committee

Assigned HWI sub: Social Services

lower

Feb 2, 2021

Committee

Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions

lower

Jan 29, 2021

Upper · Passed

Read third time and passed Senate (24-Y 13-N)

upper

Jan 28, 2021

Introduced

Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1321E

upper

Jan 28, 2021

Upper · Passed

Committee amendments agreed to

upper

Jan 28, 2021

Introduced

Reading of amendments waived

upper

Jan 27, 2021

Senate · Passed

Senate Vote: pass (33-0)

senate

Jan 26, 2021

Upper · Passed

Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 2-N 2-A)

upper

Jan 22, 2021

Committee

Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations

upper

Jan 22, 2021

Upper · Passed

Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendments (11-Y 1-N 3-A)

upper

Jan 12, 2021

Committee

Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services

upper

Jan 12, 2021

Introduced

Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102745D

upper

1 primary · 5 co-sponsors