Bill Summary

SB 590 Adoption (2016 Session)
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Sponsors
by Detert Co Sponsors: Gaetz (D) CS Sponsors: Fiscal Policy, Judiciary, Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
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Summary
Adoption; Redefining the terms “abandoned” or “abandonment” and “parent”; revising the circumstances under which an adoption consent is valid, binding, and enforceable; requiring a court to determine, under certain circumstances, whether a change of placement of a child is in the child’s best interests, rather than whether the change of placement is appropriate, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2016
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committees of reference
   S Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
   S Judiciary
   S Fiscal Policy
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Actions
10/20/15
SENATE
Filed
11/02/15
SENATE
Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Judiciary; Fiscal Policy
11/09/15
SENATE
On Committee agenda - Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 11/19/15, 9:00 am, 301 S
11/19/15
SENATE
Favorable with CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; 5 Yeas, 0 Nays
11/23/15
SENATE
Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed
11/23/15
SENATE
Now in Judiciary
01/07/16
SENATE
On Committee agenda - Judiciary, 01/12/16, 3:00 pm, 110 S
01/12/16
SENATE
Favorable with CS by Judiciary; 10 Yeas, 0 Nays
01/14/16
SENATE
Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed
01/14/16
SENATE
Now in Fiscal Policy
01/15/16
SENATE
On Committee agenda - Fiscal Policy, 01/20/16, 4:00 pm, 412 K
01/20/16
SENATE
Favorable with CS by Fiscal Policy; 9 Yeas, 0 Nays
01/21/16
SENATE
Committee Substitute Text (C3) Filed
01/21/16
SENATE
Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
01/21/16
SENATE
Placed on Special Order Calendar, 01/28/16
01/28/16
SENATE
Read Second Time; Amendment adopted (421686); Ordered Engrossed; Placed on Third Reading, 02/02/16
01/28/16
SENATE
Engrossed Text (E1) Filed
02/02/16
SENATE
Read Second Time; Passed (Vote: 36 Yeas / 0 Nays)
02/10/16
HOUSE 
In Messages
02/25/16
HOUSE 
Referred to Calendar
02/26/16
HOUSE 
Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/01/16
03/01/16
HOUSE 
Substituted for HB 0673; Read Second Time; Placed on Third Reading, 03/02/16
03/02/16
HOUSE 
Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 119 Yeas / 0 Nays)
03/02/16
SENATE
Ordered enrolled
03/02/16
SENATE
Enrolled Text (ER) Filed
03/08/16
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Signed by Officers and presented to Governor (Governor has until 03/23/16 to act on this bill)
03/23/16
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Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2016-71
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bill text & filed amendments
0590
Filed on 10/20/15
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Amendment 761816
Detert
Filed on 11/18/15
Adopted
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Amendment 432650
Detert
Filed on 11/18/15
Adopted
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0590C1
Filed on 11/23/15
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Amendment 560534 DE
Simmons
Filed on 01/11/16
Replaced by CS
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0590C2
Filed on 01/14/16
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Amendment 594684
Bradley
Filed on 01/20/16
Withdrawn
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Amendment 674738
Bradley
Filed on 01/20/16
Replaced by CS
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Amendment 958958
Bradley
Filed on 01/20/16
Replaced by CS
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0590C3
Filed on 01/21/16
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Amendment 421686
Detert
Filed on 01/28/16
Adopted on 2nd Reading
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0590E1
Filed on 01/28/16
PDF
No amendments to this bill text filed.
0590ER
Filed on 03/02/16
PDF
No amendments to this bill text filed.
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