HOUSE BILL 303

Sponsored By:

Delegates Turner, Perry, Pendergrass, Grosfeld, Mandel, Marriott, C. Mitchell, Oaks, Snodgrass, Hecht, Vallario, Proctor, Frush, Kagan, Patterson, Muse, Petzold, E. Burns, Bonsack, Bobo, Faulkner, Conroy, Montague, Cryor, Shriver, Love, M. Burns, D. Murphy, Parker, Hutchins, Genn, Menes, Pitkin, Cadden, Hubbard, Crumlin, Preis, McIntosh, O'Donnell, Bissett, Jacobs, Krysiak, Dembrow, Kirk, Nathan-Pulliam, Watson, Malone, Branch, Fulton, Mossburg, Ciliberti, T. Murphy, Frank, Finifter, Klausmeier, Hurson, Workman, Edwards, McKee, and B. Hughes

Entitled:

Adoption Contact Services and Access to Adoption Records

Synopsis:

Permitting specified individuals and biological parents to apply to the Director of the Social Services Administration to receive contact services; prohibiting specified biological parents from applying; requiring the Director to maintain a list of confidential intermediaries and to provide the list to specified individuals; requiring an adopted individual or biological parent to execute a specified agreement with an intermediary; requiring an intermediary to file the agreement with the Director; etc.

Legislative History

House Action

1/20

First Reading Judiciary

1/22

Hearing 2/4 at 1:00 p.m.

3/17

Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary

Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted

Second Reading Passed with Amendments

3/18

Third Reading Passed (134-1)

Senate Action

3/19

First Reading Judicial Proceedings

Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.

4/3

Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings

Sponsored by:

Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13A

Delegate Phillip D. Bissett, District 30

Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B

Delegate Rose Mary Hatem Bonsack, District 34

Delegate Talmadge Branch, District 45

Delegate Emmett C. Burns, Jr., District 10

Delegate Michael W. Burns, District 32

Delegate Joan Cadden, District 31

Delegate Barrie S. Ciliberti, District 39

Delegate Mary A. Conroy, District 23

Delegate Michael A. Crumlin, District 25

Delegate Jean B. Cryor, District 15

Delegate Dana Lee Dembrow, District 20

Delegate George C. Edwards, District 1A

Delegate Patricia Anne Faulkner, District 14A

Delegate Michael J. Finifter, District 11

Delegate Robert L. Frank, District 11

Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21

Delegate Tony Edward Fulton, District 40

Delegate Gilbert J. Genn, District 16

Delegate Sharon M. Grosfeld, District 18

Delegate Sue C. Hecht, District 3

Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23

Delegate Brenda B. Hughes, District 25

Delegate John Adams Hurson, District 18

Delegate Thomas E. Hutchins, District 28

Delegate Nancy Jacobs, District 34

Delegate Cheryl C. Kagan, District 17

Delegate Ruth M. Kirk, District 44

Delegate Katherine Klausmeier, District 8

Delegate Carolyn J. Krysiak, District 46

Delegate Mary Ann E. Love, District 32

Delegate James E. Malone, Jr., District 12A

Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19

Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, District 40

Delegate Maggie L. McIntosh, District 42

Delegate Robert A. McKee, District 2A

Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21

Delegate Clarence M. Mitchell, IV, District 44

Delegate Kenneth C. Montague, Jr., District 43

Delegate Mathew Mossburg, District 39

Delegate Donald E. Murphy, District 12A

Delegate Timothy D. Murphy, District 47A

Delegate C. Anthony Muse, District 26

Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10

Delegate Nathaniel T. Oaks, District 41

Delegate Anthony J. O'Donnell, District 29C

Delegate Joan N. Parker, District 10

Delegate Obie Patterson, District 26

Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13A

Delegate Marsha G. Perry, District 33

Delegate Carol Stoker Petzold, District 19

Delegate Joan B. Pitkin, District 23

Delegate Mary Louise Preis, District 34

Delegate James E. Proctor, Jr., District 27A

Delegate Mark K. Shriver, District 15

Delegate Louise V. Snodgrass, District 3

Delegate Joseph F. Vallario, Jr., District 27A

Delegate Carmena F. Watson, District 44

Delegate Betty Workman, District 1B

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

ADOPTION

CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES; SENTENCES

DISCLOSURE

FAMILY LAW -see also- ADOPTION; DIVORCE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, DEPARTMENT OF

PENALTIES

PRIVACY

RECORDS -see also- RCDNGS; LAND RCDS; VITAL RCDS; CRIM BKGD.

REGISTRATION -see also- MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION

RULES AND REGULATIONS

SOCIAL SERVICES -see also- WELFARE

VITAL RECORDS

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Family Law

( 5-3A-06 , 5-3A-05 , 5-3A-04 , 5-3A-03 , 5-3A-02 , 5-3A-0l , 5-4B-11 , 5-4B-10 , 5-4B-09 , 5-4B-08 , 5-4B-07 , 5-4B-06 , 5-4B-05 , 5-4B-04 , 5-4B-03 , 5-4B-02 , 5-4B-01 , 5-314 )

Health - General

( 4-211 , 4-211 , 4-217 , 4-217 )

Documents:

Bill Text:

First Reading (PDF), Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled

Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)

Amendments:

House

Number: 831981/1 (PDF) Offered on: MARCH 17, 1997 at: 17:01 Status: Adopted