Virginia House Bill 445 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 30 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-03-30 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0424)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Adoption procedures. Makes various changes to adoption procedures, including establishing a procedure for review of petitions filed for the purpose of obtaining a juvenile and domestic relations district court's assistance with the execution of consent to an adoption when the consent is executed pursuant to the laws of another state; expanding the venue for consent hearings in parental placement adoptions to include any city or county in the Commonwealth, provided that diligent efforts are made to conduct the hearing where the child was born, where the birth parents reside, or where the adoptive parents reside; eliminating the need for parental consent for an adoption in cases in which a birth parent has, without just cause, neither visited nor contacted the child for a period of six months immediately prior to the filing of a petition for adoption or a petition to accept consent to an adoption; adding language setting forth requirements for establishment of a date of birth for a child adopted from a foreign country; and clarifying the requirements for stepparent adoptions. The bill also makes changes to the process of registering with the Putative Father Registry.

Adoption; various changes to procedures.

Del. David Toscano [D]

2012-02-29 - House - House: VOTE: ADOPTION (96-Y 0-N) (Y: 98 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-27 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-24 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-22 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-09 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (Y: 100 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-03 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-01-30 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 0-N) (Y: 6 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-03-30		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0424)
2012-03-30		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 424 (effective 7/1/12)
2012-03-07		Senate: Signed by President
2012-03-05		House: Signed by Speaker
2012-03-05		House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB445ER)
2012-03-05		House: Enrolled
2012-02-29		House: VOTE: ADOPTION (96-Y 0-N)
2012-02-29		House: Senate amendments agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N)
2012-02-28		House: Placed on Calendar
2012-02-27		Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N)
2012-02-27		Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
2012-02-27		Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
2012-02-27		Senate: Reading of amendments waived
2012-02-27		Senate: Read third time
2012-02-24		Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2012-02-22		Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (15-Y 0-N)
2012-02-10		Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2012-02-10		Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
2012-02-09		House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
2012-02-09		House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
2012-02-08		House: Printed as engrossed 12104680D-EH1
2012-02-08		House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment HB445EH1
2012-02-08		House: Amendment by Delegate Toscano agreed to
2012-02-08		House: Committee substitute agreed to 12104680D-H1
2012-02-08		House: Read second time
2012-02-07		House: Read first time
2012-02-03		House: Committee substitute printed 12104680D-H1
2012-02-03		House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
2012-01-30		House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 0-N)
2012-01-13		House: Assigned Courts sub: Civil
2012-01-10		House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2012-01-10		House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12100043D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
16	1	241	(n/a)	See Bill Text
16	1	243	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	1202	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	1203	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	1208	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	1220.01	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	1222	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	1223	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	1225	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	1234	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	1241	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	1242	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	1250	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	1251	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+sum+HB445
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+HB445+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+HB445H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+HB445EH1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+HB445ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0424+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+H0802V0063+HB0445
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+H08V0126+HB0445
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+HV0561+HB0445
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+S03V0225+HB0445
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+SV0642HB0445+HB0445
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+SV0662HB0445+HB0445
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+HV1240+HB0445