Indiana House Bill 1558 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on May 16 2011 - 100% progression
Action: 2011-05-16 - Effective 04/15/2011
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

Makes it a Class A misdemeanor for a person to knowingly or intentionally provide, engage in, or facilitate adoption services to a birth parent or prospective adoptive parent who lives in Indiana. (Current law makes it a Class A misdemeanor for a person to knowingly or intentionally provide, engage in, or facilitate adoption services to a birth parent or prospective adoptive parent who resides in Indiana.) Provides that the crime of unauthorized adoption facilitation against prospective adoptive parents does not apply to child placing agencies licensed under any state's law or attorneys licensed to practice law in any state. (Current law provides that the crime of unauthorized adoption facilitation does not apply to child placing agencies licensed under Indiana law or attorneys licensed to practice in Indiana.)

Unauthorized adoption facilitation.

Rep. Sheila Klinker [D]

Rep. Judson McMillin [R]

2011-04-05 - Senate - Senate - Third reading: passed (Y: 50 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-04-05 - Senate - Senate - Third reading: passed (Y: 50 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-02-15 - House - House - Third reading: passed (Y: 95 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-05-16		Effective 04/15/2011
2011-05-16		Public Law 31
2011-04-15		Signed by the Governor
2011-04-12		Signed by the President of the Senate
2011-04-11		Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2011-04-07		Signed by the Speaker
2011-04-05		Senator Leising added as cosponsor
2011-04-05		Returned to the House without amendments
2011-04-05		Third reading: passed; Roll Call 306: yeas 50 and nays 0
2011-03-31		Senators Bray and Randolph added as cosponsors
2011-03-29		Senator Broden added as cosponsor
2011-03-29		Second reading: ordered engrossed
2011-03-24		Committee report: do pass, adopted
2011-02-17		First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
2011-02-15		Senate sponsor: Senator Zakas
2011-02-15		Referred to the Senate
2011-02-15		Third reading: passed; Roll Call 184: yeas 95, nays 0
2011-02-14		Amendment 1 (McMillin), prevailed; voice vote
2011-02-14		Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2011-02-10		Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2011-02-08		Representative Klinker added as coauthor
2011-01-20		First reading: referred to Committee on Family, Children and Human Affairs
2011-01-20		Authored by Representative McMillin

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2011&session=1&request=getBill&doctype=HB&docno=1558
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/IN/IN1558.1.html
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/HB/HB1558.1.html
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/HB/HB1558.2.html
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/EH/EH1558.1.html
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/HE/HE1558.1.html
Roll Call	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/PDF/Hrollcal/0184.PDF.pdf
Roll Call	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/PDF/Srollcal/0306.PDF.pdf