HB 497 - Adoption; surrender rights; provisions
Current Status
05/23/07 - House Date Signed by Governor First Reader Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to adoption, so as to provide for pre-birth surrender of rights for a biological father to a child being placed for adoption; to provide for the dissolution of surrender rights signed by the birth mother if the biological father legitimates the child and the adoption is not granted; to clarify the authority of a birth mother to sign either a voluntary acknowledgment of legitimation or of paternity following her execution of a surrender of parental rights in support of an adoption of the same child; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Votes
Electronically Recorded Votes| Date | Time | Vote No | Yeas | Nays | NV | Exc | Description |
|---|
| 03/27/2007 | 5:24PM | House Vote #232 | 162 | 001 | 010 | 007 | PASS |
| 04/13/2007 | 10:35AM | Senate Vote #287 | 041 | 004 | 003 | 008 | PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE |
| 04/17/2007 | 2:19PM | House Vote #327 | 158 | 000 | 015 | 007 | Agree Sen Sub |
Status History
Bill History| Date | Action |
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| 02/21/2007 | House First Readers |
| 02/22/2007 | House Second Readers |
| 03/19/2007 | House Committee Favorably Reported |
| 03/27/2007 | House Third Readers |
| 03/27/2007 | House Passed/Adopted |
| 03/27/2007 | Senate Read and Referred |
| 04/10/2007 | Senate Committee Favorably Reported |
| 04/11/2007 | Senate Read Second Time |
| 04/13/2007 | Senate Third Read |
| 04/13/2007 | Senate Passed/Adopted |
| 04/17/2007 | House Agree Senate Amend or Sub |
| 04/30/2007 | House Sent to Governor |
| 05/23/2007 | House Date Signed by Governor |
| 05/23/2007 | Act 214 |
| 07/01/2007 | Effective Date |
