VA HB371 | 2020 | Regular Session

Virginia House Bill 371 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on January 29 2020 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-01-30 - VOTE: DEFEATED (45-Y 52-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Summary

Adoption by stepparent; background check. Repeals the July 1, 2020, sunset on provisions that require a circuit court, when determining whether an investigation by the director of the local department of social services should be required before a final order is entered to approve as an adoptive parent the spouse of a child's birth or adoptive parent, to consider the results of a national criminal history background check conducted on the prospective adoptive parent.

Title

Adoption by stepparent; circuit court shall consider results of background check.

Roll Calls

2020-01-30 - House - House: VOTE: DEFEATED (45-Y 52-N) (Y: 45 N: 52 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2020-01-21 - House - House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-01-30	House	VOTE: DEFEATED (45-Y 52-N)
2020-01-30	House	Read third time and defeated by House (45-Y 52-N)
2020-01-29	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB371H1
2020-01-29	House	Committee substitute agreed to 20106243D-H1
2020-01-29	House	Read second time
2020-01-28	House	Passed by for the day
2020-01-27	House	Passed by for the day
2020-01-24	House	Passed by for the day
2020-01-23	House	Read first time
2020-01-21	House	Committee substitute printed 20106243D-H1
2020-01-21	House	Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
2020-01-02	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2020-01-02	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102504D

Virginia State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB371
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB371+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB371H1+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H12V0024+HB0371
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV0226+HB0371