ADOPTION

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 8

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  HB 214

  Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 679

  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

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 371

  Status as of March 28, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

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

  Entitled

  Child Protection Act of 1998

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 1093

  Status as of May 12, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 539

  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

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  SB 114

  Status as of February 11, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senators Kelley, Blount, Hoffman, Pinsky, Roesser, Stone, Forehand, Miller, Trotter, and Conway

  Entitled

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

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 276

  Status as of March 23, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Forehand

  Entitled

  Mutual Consent Voluntary Adoption Registry - Disclosure of Nonidentifying Information

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 382

  Status as of March 17, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Ruben (Montgomery County Administration) and Senator Collins (Baltimore County Administration) and Senators Forehand, Kelley, Hoffman, Hogan, Roesser, Hollinger, Van Hollen, Dorman, Teitelbaum, Boozer, Bromwell, Della, Stone, Sfikas, and McCabe

  Entitled

  Child Protection Act of 1998

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 560

  Status as of April 5, 1998: Bill is in the House - House Conference Committee Appointed

  Sponsored By

  Senator Baker , Senator Ruben (Montgomery County Administration), Senator Collins (Baltimore County Administration) and Senators Forehand, Kelley, Hoffman, Hogan, Roesser, Hollinger, Van Hollen, Dorman, Teitelbaum, Boozer, Bromwell, Della, Stone, Sfikas, McCabe, and Colburn

  Entitled

  Family Law - Children in Out-of-Home Placements

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 648

  Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 629

  Sponsored By

  Senators Van Hollen, Ruben, Teitelbaum, Forehand, Kelley, and Middlebrooks

  Entitled

  Child Protection Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary