House Bill #5482 (2019)
AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS -- ADOPTION OF CHILDREN
Allows the family court, after a fact-finding hearing establishing paternity, including the use of DNA, to terminate the parental rights of a person convicted of sexual assault which resulted in the birth of a child.
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2019-02-14: Introduced, referred to House Judiciary
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2019-03-01: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/05/2019)
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2019-03-05: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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2019-04-26: Scheduled for consideration (04/30/2019)
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2019-04-30: Committee recommends passage
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2019-05-10: Placed on House Calendar (05/15/2019)
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2019-05-15: House read and passed
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2019-05-22: Referred to Senate Judiciary
Votes
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May 15, 2019 at 4:33pm
Yeas: 65 /
Nays: 0 /
Not voting: 3 /
Recused: 0