VA HB721 | 2020 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 3 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-03 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0098)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 3 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-03 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0098)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Summary
Post-adoption contact and communication agreements; involuntary termination of parental rights. Provides that a child's birth parent or parents for whom parental rights were involuntarily terminated may enter into a post-adoption contact and communication agreement with the child's pre-adoptive parent or parents.
Title
Post-adoption contact and communication agreements; involuntary termination of parental rights.
Sponsors
| Del. David Reid [D] |
Roll Calls
2020-02-17 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-14 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-12 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N 1-A) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2020-01-31 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-27 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-22 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-14 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-12 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N 1-A) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2020-01-31 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-27 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-22 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-03-03 | Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0098) | |
| 2020-03-03 | Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 98 (effective 7/1/20) | |
| 2020-02-25 | Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 3, 2020 | |
| 2020-02-25 | House | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2020 |
| 2020-02-21 | Senate | Signed by President |
| 2020-02-20 | House | Signed by Speaker |
| 2020-02-20 | House | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB721ER) |
| 2020-02-20 | House | Enrolled |
| 2020-02-17 | Senate | Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) |
| 2020-02-17 | Senate | Read third time |
| 2020-02-14 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) |
| 2020-02-12 | Senate | Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N 1-A) |
| 2020-02-03 | Senate | Referred to Committee on the Judiciary |
| 2020-02-03 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 2020-01-31 | House | VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) |
| 2020-01-31 | House | Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) |
| 2020-01-30 | House | Read second time and engrossed |
| 2020-01-29 | House | Read first time |
| 2020-01-27 | House | Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) |
| 2020-01-22 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) |
| 2020-01-06 | House | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 2020-01-06 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101572D |
