Adoption

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 8

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  HB 90

  Status as of May 22, 2008: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Judiciary Committee (By Request - Maryland Judicial Conference)

  Entitled

  Child Welfare - Permanency Planning and Interstate Placement of Foster Children

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 500

  Status as of January 30, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Dumais, Ali, Barkley, Barnes, Barve, Bates, Beidle, Benson, Bobo, Branch, Braveboy, Bromwell, Bronrott, Burns, V. Clagett, DeBoy, Doory, Eckardt, Feldman, Frick, Frush, Gaines, Gilchrist, Glenn, Griffith, Gutierrez, Haddaway, Harrison, Healey, Hecht, Hixson, Holmes, Howard, Hucker, Ivey, Jameson, Jones, Kaiser, Kirk, Krebs, Krysiak, Kullen, Lafferty, Lee, Love, Manno, Mathias, McIntosh, Mizeur, Montgomery, Murphy, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Proctor, Reznik, Rice, Robinson, Ross, Schuler, Shewell, Smigiel, Sophocleus, Stein, Stifler, Stocksdale, Stull, Tarrant, F. Turner, V. Turner, Valderrama, Waldstreicher, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Family Law - Denial of Paternity, Custody, and Visitation

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 593

  Status as of March 17, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Judiciary Committee (By Request - Departmental - Juvenile Services)

  Entitled

  Juvenile Law - Child in Need of Supervision and Delinquency Proceedings - Permanency Plans

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 1325

  Status as of April 5, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Rosenberg, Beidle, Bronrott, Carr, Elmore, Lee, Mizeur, O'Donnell, Simmons, and Waldstreicher

  Entitled

  Children in Need of Assistance - Custody Determinations - Prohibition Against Consideration of Disabilities

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  SB 57

  Status as of April 8, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 16

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee (By Request - Maryland Judicial Conference)

  Entitled

  Child Welfare - Permanency Planning and Interstate Placement of Foster Children

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 385

  Status as of March 6, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senators Greenip, Brinkley, Colburn, DeGrange, Forehand, Harris, Jacobs, Kittleman, Lenett, Stoltzfus, and Stone

  Entitled

  Family Law - Termination of Parental Rights - Child Conceived as the Result of Rape

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 516

  Status as of March 24, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Senators Raskin, Astle, Brochin, Colburn, Conway, Currie, Forehand, Garagiola, Jacobs, Jones, Kelley, King, Klausmeier, Kramer, Lenett, Madaleno, McFadden, Middleton, Mooney, Muse, Peters, Pinsky, Pugh, Robey, Rosapepe, Stoltzfus, Stone, and Greenip

  Entitled

  Family Law - Denial of Paternity, Custody, and Visitation

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 551

  Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 190

  Sponsored By

  Senator Gladden

  Entitled

  Children in Need of Assistance - Custody Determinations - Prohibition Against Consideration of Disabilities

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary