Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary Committee on March 9, 2004. The 2004 session has ended.
2004 Regular Session
House Bill 5626
AN ACT CONCERNING ACCELERATION OF THE ADOPTION PROCESS.
What it does
The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.
To accelerate the adoption process by requiring a hearing on a petition for termination of parental rights based on consent of the parent to be held not more than ten days after the filing of such petition and by requiring an appeal of an order of termination of parental rights based on consent of the parent to be taken within twenty days after the issuance of such order.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
Its course
March 4 to March 9, 2004, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action2 actions on 2 days
In the House of RepresentativesMar 4 to Mar 9 · stopped5 days
Judiciary CommitteeMar 4 to Mar 9 · stopped5 days
Text
Each version as the General Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.
In the House of Representatives Mar 4 – Mar 9
- Mar 4Introduced and sent to Judiciary Committee
- Mar 9Heard in Judiciary Committee
All 2 actions, as published
- Mar 4REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
- Mar 9PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses