HOUSE BILL 214

Sponsored By:

Delegates Turner, Perry, Pendergrass, Grosfeld, Mandel, Marriott, C. Mitchell, Oaks, Snodgrass, Hecht, Proctor, Frush, Kagan, Patterson, Muse, Petzold, E. Burns, Bonsack, Bobo, Faulkner, Conroy, Montague, Cryor, Shriver, Love, M. Burns, Genn, Menes, Pitkin, Cadden, Hubbard, Crumlin, Preis, McIntosh, Bissett, Jacobs, Krysiak, Dembrow, Kirk, Nathan-Pulliam, Watson, Malone, Branch, Fulton, Mossburg, Ciliberti, Frank, Finifter, Klausmeier, Hurson, Workman, Edwards, McKee, B. Hughes, Heller, Howard, Gordon, Hixson, Stup, Donoghue, Palumbo, Holt, Hutchins, Comeau, R. Baker, Valderrama, D. Davis, Benson, Miller, Hammen, Dewberry, Boston, Dypski, and Doory

Entitled:

Adoption Search, Contact, and Reunion Services and Access to Birth and Adoption Records

Synopsis:

Authorizing certain adopted individuals and biological parents to apply to the Director of the Social Services Administration to receive adoption search, contact, and reunion services; requiring the Director to maintain a list of specified confidential intermediaries; authorizing specified individuals and parents to have access to specified records after a specified date; authorizing specified individuals and parents to file, cancel, or refile specified vetoes under specified circumstances; etc.

History by Legislative Date

House Action

1/23

First Reading Judiciary

2/18

Hearing 3/4 at 1:00 p.m.

3/23

Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary

Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted

Second Reading Passed with Amendments

3/25

Third Reading Passed (134-1)

4/11

Return Passed

5/21

Signed by the Governor Chapter 679

Senate Action

3/26

First Reading Judicial Proceedings

4/13

Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings

4/12

Favorable

Special Order later today (Senator Colburn) Adopted

4/13

Favorable Report Adopted

Second Reading Passed

Motion 2rdgs same day Const/Rule 24 (Senator Madden) Adopted

Third Reading Passed (44-1)

Sponsored by:

Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13A

Delegate Rushern L. Baker, III, District 22B

Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24

Delegate Phillip D. Bissett, District 30

Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B

Delegate Rose Mary Hatem Bonsack, District 34

Delegate Frank D. Boston, Jr., District 41

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 Michael G. Comeau, District 35A

Delegate Mary A. Conroy, District 23

Delegate Michael A. Crumlin, District 25

Delegate Jean B. Cryor, District 15

Delegate Dereck Davis, District 25

Delegate Dana Lee Dembrow, District 20

Delegate Thomas E. Dewberry, District 47B

Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C

Delegate Ann Marie Doory, District 43

Delegate Cornell N. Dypski, District 46

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 Michael R. Gordon, District 17

Delegate Sharon M. Grosfeld, District 18

Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46

Delegate Sue C. Hecht, District 3

Delegate Henry B. Heller, District 19

Delegate Sheila Ellis Hixson, District 20

Delegate Kenneth C. Holt, District 6

Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24

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 Ellen L. Willis Miller, District 5

Delegate Clarence M. Mitchell, IV, District 44

Delegate Kenneth C. Montague, Jr., District 43

Delegate Mathew Mossburg, District 39

Delegate C. Anthony Muse, District 26

Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10

Delegate Nathaniel T. Oaks, District 41

Delegate Richard A. Palumbo, District 22A

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 J. Anita Stup, District 3

Delegate David M. Valderrama, District 26

Delegate Carmena F. Watson, District 44

Delegate Betty Workman, District 1B

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

ADOPTION

DISCLOSURE

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

FEES -see also- DEVELOPMENT FEES AND TAXES

HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, DEPARTMENT OF

NOTICES

PRIVACY

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

RULES AND REGULATIONS

SOCIAL SERVICES -see also- WELFARE

VITAL RECORDS

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Family Law

( 5-3A-01 , 5-3A-02 , 5-3A-03 , 5-3A-04 , 5-3A-05 , 5-3A-06 , 5-3A-07 , 5-314 , 5-4B-01 , 5-4B-02 , 5-4B-03 , 5-4B-04 , 5-4B-05 , 5-4B-06 , 5-4B-07 , 5-4B-08 , 5-4B-09 , 5-4B-10 , 5-4B-11 , 5-4B-12 )

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: 361399/1 (PDF)     Offered on: March 23, 1998   at: 4:57 p.m.     Status: Adopted

Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):

House

March 25, 1998: Third Reading Passed (134-1)

Senate

April 13, 1998: Third Reading Passed (44-1)