Virginia House Bill 1728 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Passed on February 21 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-02-21 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0084)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Post-adoption contact and communication agreements. Provides that a local board of social services or child welfare agency required to file a petition for a permanency planning hearing may inform the birth parents and shall inform the adoptive parents that they may enter into enter into a post-adoption contact and communication agreement. The bill further provides that such local board of social services or child welfare agency shall inform the child if he is 14 years of age or older that he may consent to such an agreement. This bill is identical to SB 1139.

Post-adoption contact & communication agreements; authority to enter into agreements.

Del. David Reid [D]

Del. Alfonso Lopez [D]

Del. Kathleen Murphy [D]

2019-02-11 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-08 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-06 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (10-Y 0-N) (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-31 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-25 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (17-Y 0-N) (Y: 17 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-21 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-21		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0084)
2019-02-21		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 84 (effective 7/1/19)
2019-02-15		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 22, 2019
2019-02-15	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 15, 2019
2019-02-14	Senate	Signed by President
2019-02-13	House	Signed by Speaker
2019-02-13	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1728ER)
2019-02-13	House	Enrolled
2019-02-11	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2019-02-11	Senate	Read third time
2019-02-08	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2019-02-06	Senate	Reported from Courts of Justice (10-Y 0-N)
2019-02-01	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2019-02-01	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2019-01-31	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
2019-01-31	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2019-01-30	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1728H1
2019-01-30	House	Committee substitute agreed to 19105385D-H1
2019-01-30	House	Read second time
2019-01-29	House	Read first time
2019-01-25	House	Committee substitute printed 19105385D-H1
2019-01-25	House	Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (17-Y 0-N)
2019-01-21	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
2019-01-07	House	Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2
2018-12-19	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2018-12-19	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103547D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
16	1	283.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	1220.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	1220.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1728
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1728+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1728H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1728ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0084+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H0802V0034+HB1728
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H08V0052+HB1728
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+HV2056+HB1728
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+S03V0204+HB1728
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0488HB1728+HB1728
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0492HB1728+HB1728