Bill Title: Prohibits the making of decisions concerning guardianship, custody or visitation or adoption petitions solely on the basis of a parent's, guardian's or custodian's blindness; prohibits the department of social services from denying, deciding or opposing a petition or request for guardianship, custody or visitation solely because the petitioner is blind and prohibits the department of social services from taking actions solely because a parent, custodian or guardian is blind.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-3)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES [S04536 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Kevin Parker [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-021	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Joseph Addabbo [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-015	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator David Carlucci [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-038	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Patrick Gallivan [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-060	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Joseph Griffo [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-053	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Velmanette Montgomery [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-025	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Michael Ranzenhofer [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-061	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Gustavo Rivera [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-033	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Diane Savino [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-023	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Luis Sepulveda [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-032	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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