HB 371

  • Virginia House Bill
  • 2020 Regular Session
  • Introduced in House Jan 02, 2020
  • House
  • Senate
  • Governor

Adoption by stepparent; circuit court shall consider results of background check.

Abstract

Adoption by stepparent; background check. Repeals the July 1, 2020, sunset on provisions that require a circuit court, when determining whether an investigation by the director of the local department of social services should be required before a final order is entered to approve as an adoptive parent the spouse of a child's birth or adoptive parent, to consider the results of a national criminal history background check conducted on the prospective adoptive parent.

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Jan 30, 2020

House

VOTE: DEFEATED (45-Y 52-N)

House

Read third time and defeated by House (45-Y 52-N)

Jan 29, 2020

House

Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB371H1

House

Committee substitute agreed to 20106243D-H1

House

Read second time

Jan 28, 2020

House

Passed by for the day

Jan 27, 2020

House

Impact statement from DPB (HB371H1)

House

Passed by for the day

Jan 24, 2020

House

Passed by for the day

Jan 23, 2020

House

Read first time

Jan 21, 2020

House

Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (21-Y 0-N)

House

Committee substitute printed 20106243D-H1

House

House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered

Jan 20, 2020

House

Impact statement from DPB (HB371)

Jan 02, 2020

House

Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions

House

Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102504D

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Impact statement from DPB (HB371) HTML
Impact statement from DPB (HB371H1) HTML

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