HOUSE BILL 1093

Sponsored By:

Delegates Montague, Menes, Comeau, Hubbard, Turner, Genn, Jones, Grosfeld, R. Baker, E. Burns, Taylor, Dewberry, Hurson, Dembrow, B. Hughes, Brinkley, Pitkin, Doory, Hixson, Kagan, Howard, Cadden, Petzold, DeCarlo, Finifter, Barve, Frank, Franchot, Minnick, Dypski, Leopold, Conroy, Morhaim, Valderrama, Kopp, Billings, Edwards, Love, Owings, Flanagan, Patterson, Harkins, Healey, Preis, Kittleman, Getty, McHale, Faulkner, Ciliberti, Cryor, Baldwin, Frush, Goldwater, Hecht, Mandel, Nathan-Pulliam, and Snodgrass

Entitled:

Family Law - Children in Out-of-Home Placements

Synopsis:

Altering the factors, and adding to the continuing or serious conditions or acts, that a court is required to consider in determining whether it is in the best interest of a child to terminate a natural parent's rights as to the child; requiring a court to make a finding as to whether return of a child to the natural parent poses an unacceptable risk to the child's future safety; providing that reasonable efforts need not be made to reunify a child with the natural parent or guardian under specified circumstances; etc.

History by Legislative Date

House Action

2/13

First Reading Judiciary

2/18

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

3/28

Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary

3/27

Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted

Second Reading Passed with Amendments

3/28

Third Reading Passed (131-0)

4/5

House Refuses to Concur - Senate Amendments

House Requests Senate Recede

Conference Committee Appointed ...

Montague, Burns M, Baker R

4/9

Conference Committee Report Adopted

Third Reading Passed (134-0)

4/12

Passed Enrolled

5/12

Signed by the Governor Chapter 539

Senate Action

3/30

First Reading Judicial Proceedings

4/6

Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings

4/7

Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted

Second Reading Passed with Amendments

4/8

Special Order 4/9 (Senator Van Hollen) Adopted

4/9

Third Reading Passed with Amendments (46-0)

4/10

Senate Refuses to Recede

Conference Committee Appointed ...

Senators Baker, Green, and Colburn

4/12

Conference Committee Report Adopted

Third Reading Passed (47-0)

Sponsored by:

Delegate Kenneth C. Montague, Jr., District 43

Delegate Rushern L. Baker, III, District 22B

Delegate Robert C. Baldwin, District 33

Delegate Kumar P. Barve, District 17

Delegate Leon G. Billings, District 18

Delegate David R. Brinkley, District 4A

Delegate Emmett C. Burns, Jr., District 10

Delegate Joan Cadden, District 31

Delegate Barrie S. Ciliberti, District 39

Delegate Michael G. Comeau, District 35A

Delegate Mary A. Conroy, District 23

Delegate Jean B. Cryor, District 15

Delegate Diane DeCarlo, District 6

Delegate Dana Lee Dembrow, District 20

Delegate Thomas E. Dewberry, District 47B

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. Flanagan, District 14B

Delegate Peter Franchot, District 20

Delegate Robert L. Frank, District 11

Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21

Delegate Gilbert J. Genn, District 16

Delegate Joseph M. Getty, District 5

Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16

Delegate Sharon M. Grosfeld, District 18

Delegate James M. Harkins, District 35A

Delegate Anne Healey, District 22A

Delegate Sue C. Hecht, District 3

Delegate Sheila Ellis Hixson, District 20

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 Adrienne A. Jones, District 10

Delegate Cheryl C. Kagan, District 17

Delegate Robert H. Kittleman, District 14B

Delegate Nancy K. Kopp, District 16

Delegate John R. Leopold, District 31

Delegate Mary Ann E. Love, District 32

Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19

Delegate Brian K. McHale, District 47A

Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21

Delegate Joseph J. Minnick, District 7

Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11

Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10

Delegate George W. Owings, III, District 27B

Delegate Obie Patterson, District 26

Delegate Carol Stoker Petzold, District 19

Delegate Joan B. Pitkin, District 23

Delegate Mary Louise Preis, District 34

Delegate Louise V. Snodgrass, District 3

Delegate Casper R. Taylor, Jr., District 1C

Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13A

Delegate David M. Valderrama, District 26

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

ADOPTION

ARMED FORCES -see also- MILITIA

ASSAULT

CHILD ABUSE

COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS -see also- POLITICAL COMMITTEES

COUNTIES -see also- CHARTERED COUNTIES; CODE COUNTIES

COURTS -see also- CIRCUIT COURTS; DISTRICT COURTS

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

FOSTER CARE

GUARDIANS

HEARINGS

MANSLAUGHTER

MINORS -see also- AGE OF MAJORITY; JUVENILE CAUSES; YOUTH

MURDER

NOTICES

PETITIONS

SAFETY -see also- OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY

SOCIAL SERVICES -see also- WELFARE

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Courts and Judicial Proceedings

( 3-812.1 , 3-826.1 )

Family Law

( 5-303 , 5-313 , 5-408 , 5-501 , 5-525 , 5-525.1 , 5-539 , 5-540 , 5-541 , 5-544 , 5-545 , 5-546 , 5-547 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF)

Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)

Amendments:

House

Number: 531097/1 (PDF)     Offered on: March 28, 1998   at: 12:52 p.m.     Status: Adopted

Senate

Number: 438658/1 (PDF)     Offered on: April 7, 1998   at: 10:52 a.m.     Status: Adopted

Conference Committee Documents:

Report Number: 403302/1 (PDF)     Offered on: April 13, 1998   at: 4:35 p.m.     Status: Adopted

Amendment Number: 833208/1 (PDF)     Offered on: April 13, 1998   at: 4:35 p.m.     Status: Incomplete

Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):

House

March 28, 1998: Third Reading Passed (131-0)

April 9, 1998: Third Reading Passed (134-0)

Senate

April 9, 1998: Third Reading Passed (46-0)

April 12, 1998: Third Reading Passed (47-0)