CHAPTER NUMBER: 158
File Code: Family Law
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Cane, Bohanan, Bozman, Conway, C. Davis, Franchot,
Harrison, Heller, Krysiak, Malone, McConkey, Owings, Proctor, Rudolph,
Sophocleus, Sossi, F. Turner,
Hurson, Hammen, Benson, Boteler, Boutin, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue,
Elliott, Goldwater, Kach, Mandel, McDonough, Morhaim, Murray,
Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, Rosenberg, Smigiel, V. Turner, and
Weldon
- Entitled:
-
Family Law - Adoption - Certificates of Birth
Repealing the provision of law making the entry of an adoption order
by a court grounds for the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to
make a new certificate of birth for an individual who was born outside
the United States; and repealing a specified qualification that a
foreign-born adopted person must meet before the Secretary may prepare
and register a certificate of foreign birth.
House Action
- 1/22
- First Reading Health and Government Operations
- 1/28
- Hearing 2/5 at 1:00 p.m.
- 2/16
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
- 2/17
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 2/19
- Third Reading Passed (138-0)
- 4/5
- Returned Passed
- 4/27
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 158
Senate Action
- 2/20
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- 3/24
- Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/7
- Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
- 4/5
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 4/6
- Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- Sponsored by:
- Delegate Rudolph C. Cane, District 37A
- Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24
- Delegate John L. Bohanan, Jr., District 29B
- Delegate Joseph C. Boteler, III, District 8
- Delegate Charles R. Boutin, District 34A
- Delegate K. Bennett Bozman, District 38B
- Delegate Eric M. Bromwell, District 8
- Delegate Norman H. Conway, District 38B
- Delegate Robert A. Costa, District 33B
- Delegate Clarence Davis, District 45
- Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C
- Delegate Donald B. Elliott, District 4B
- Delegate Peter Franchot, District 20
- Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16
- Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46
- Delegate Hattie N. Harrison, District 45
- Delegate Henry B. Heller, District 19
- Delegate John Adams Hurson, District 18
- Delegate Wade Kach, District 5B
- Delegate Carolyn J. Krysiak, District 46
- Delegate James E. Malone, Jr., District 12A
- Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19
- Delegate Tony McConkey, District 33A
- Delegate Pat McDonough, District 7
- Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11
- Delegate Gareth E. Murray, District 20
- Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
- Delegate Nathaniel T. Oaks, District 41
- Delegate George W. Owings, III, District 27B
- Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13
- Delegate James E. Proctor, Jr., District 27A
- Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 41
- Delegate David D. Rudolph, District 34B
- Delegate Michael D. Smigiel, Sr., District 36
- Delegate Theodore Sophocleus, District 32
- Delegate Richard A. Sossi, District 36
- Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13
- Delegate Veronica Turner, District 26
- Delegate Richard B. Weldon, Jr., District 3B
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- ADOPTION
- ALIENS
- FAMILY LAW -see also- ADOPTION; ANNULMENT; DIVORCE; etc
- HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, DEPARTMENT OF
- VITAL RECORDS
- Bill affects the following Statute:
- Health - General
- (
4-211
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- House
- Number: 396680/01 (PDF) Offered on: February 17, 2004 at:
10:13 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- House
- February 19, 2004: Third Reading Passed (138-0)
- Senate
- April 6, 2004: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
