Relating to adoption proceedings by providing for representation of adoptive parents and guardians ad litem by local public defenders for children in certain adoption proceedings and modifying filing requirements for adoption petitions and notice requirements for adoption hearings of adults

Where it is now

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   Done: IntroducedJanuary 18, 2023
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   Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 26, 2023
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   Done: House committeeFebruary 21, 2023
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   Done: Passes the HouseMarch 9, 202396–0
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   Done: Senate committeeMarch 23, 2023
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   Done: Passes the SenateMay 2, 202348–0
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   Done: To the GovernorMay 9, 2023
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   Done: Signed into lawJune 1, 2023

Became HF 398 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to HF 398 What’s a funnel?

House subcommittee

Named January 26, 2023. On February 14, 2023 it recommended amendment and passage. Vote Total: 3-0.

• Rep. Brian K. Lohse REmail
• Rep. Megan Jones REmail
• Rep. Brian Meyer DEmail

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Fiscal note

The annual estimated expense of HF 398 to the Office of the State Public Defender is between $204,000 and $408,000, as shown in Table 1. This includes the cost of attorneys both to represent the petitioner and to serve as the guardian ad litem for the child for all adoptions resulting from a TPR proceeding in which a local public defender office was involved.

• Final Fiscal Note — Adoptions, Representation and Filing Requirements · May 9, 2023
• Adoptions, Representation and Filing Requirements · March 8, 2023

Nonpartisan cost estimates from the Legislative Services Agency’s Fiscal Services Division. The newest is first. Reading a fiscal note

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Where this legislation came from and where it went: earlier tries, the versions it moved through this Assembly, and later bills built on it.

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Tried before

This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None became law, though one got through a chamber.

• HF 2474 Relating to adoption proceedings by providing for representation of adoptive parents and g…
  89th General Assembly · Passed House · same title
  Passed a chamber

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