Bill Text: MI HB4928 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Children; adoption; objection to placements by child placing agency based on religious or moral convictions; allow. Amends secs. 23b, 23d, 23e & 46, ch. X of 1939 PA 288 (MCL 710.23b et seq.).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 24-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-12-19 - Placed On Order Of General Orders [HB4928 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2013-HB4928-Engrossed.html

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HB-4928, As Passed House, December 4, 2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

HOUSE BILL NO. 4928

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1939 PA 288, entitled

 

"Probate code of 1939,"

 

(MCL 710.21 to 712B.41) by adding section 23g to chapter X.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

CHAPTER X

 

     Sec. 23g. In accordance with sections 14e and 14f of 1973 PA

 

116, MCL 722.124e and 722.124f, a child placing agency shall not be

 

required to provide adoption services if those adoption services

 

conflict with, or provide adoption services under circumstances

 

that conflict with, the child placing agency's sincerely held

 

religious beliefs contained in a written policy, statement of

 

faith, or other document adhered to by the child placing agency.

 

Also, in accordance with sections 14e and 14f of 1973 PA 116, MCL

 

722.124e and 722.124f, the state or a local unit of government

 

shall not take an adverse action against a child placing agency on

 

the basis that the child placing agency has declined or will

 

decline to provide adoption services that conflict with, or provide

 

adoption services under circumstances that conflict with, the child

 

placing agency's sincerely held religious beliefs contained in a

 

written policy, statement of faith, or other document adhered to by

 

the child placing agency.

 

     Enacting section 1. It is the intent of the legislature to

 

protect child placing agencies' free exercise of religion protected

 

by the United States constitution and the state constitution of

 

1963. This amendatory act is not intended to limit or deny any

 

person's right to adopt a child.

 

     Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless all of the following bills of the 97th Legislature are

 

enacted into law:

 

     (a) House Bill No. 4927.

 

     (b) House Bill No. 4991.