Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB5949

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Adoption Act. Defines "adult grandchild" as the biological grandchild 21 years of age or over of a deceased adopted or surrendered person. Replaces references to the Adoption Advisory Council with references to the Adoption Registry-Confidential Intermediary Advisory Council. Makes changes in Sections concerning the Illinois Adoption Registry and Medical Information Exchange; the Adoption Registry-Confidential Intermediary Advisory Council; disclosure of identifying information; registry matches; the Illinois Adoption Registry Application; and forms. In the Section concerning confidential intermediaries, makes changes in subsections concerning: general purposes; eligibility of petitioner; the petition; confidential intermediary access to information; remedies in the event of a missing or lost original birth certificate; and duties of the confidential intermediary in conducting a search.

House Floor Amendment No. 1
Adds birth parents of adult adopted persons to the list of parties who must comply with specified procedural requirements in making a request for a non-certified copy of the original birth certificate. Provides that beginning on January 1, 2015, any birth parent of an adult adopted person named on the original birth certificate may request a non-certified copy of the original birth certificate reflecting the birth of the adult adopted person, provided that: (1) any non-certified copy of the original birth certificate released under this subsection (m) shall not reflect the State file number on the original birth certificate; and (2) if the Department of Public Health does not locate the original birth certificate, it shall issue a certification of no record found. Deletes language providing that confidential intermediary fees are waived only if specified conditions are met. Provides instead that no fee shall be charged to any petitioner.

Actions

Date	Chamber	Action
2/14/2014	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
2/14/2014	House	First Reading
2/14/2014	House	Referred to Rules Committee
3/3/2014	House	Assigned to Adoption Reform
3/26/2014	House	Do Pass / Short Debate Adoption Reform; 005-000-000
3/26/2014	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
3/27/2014	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
3/27/2014	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
4/2/2014	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
4/2/2014	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
4/3/2014	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Adoption Reform
4/4/2014	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Adoption Reform; 004-000-000
4/7/2014	House	Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate
4/7/2014	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted
4/7/2014	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
4/8/2014	House	Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000
4/8/2014	Senate	Arrive in Senate
4/8/2014	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 9, 2014
4/10/2014	Senate	Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
4/11/2014	Senate	First Reading
4/11/2014	Senate	Referred to Assignments
4/30/2014	Senate	Assigned to Judiciary
5/7/2014	Senate	Do Pass Judiciary; 012-000-000
5/7/2014	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 8, 2014
5/12/2014	Senate	Second Reading
5/12/2014	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2014
5/23/2014	Senate	Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000
5/23/2014	House	Passed Both Houses
6/17/2014	House	Sent to the Governor
7/10/2014	House	Governor Approved
7/10/2014	House	Effective Date January 1, 2015
7/10/2014	House	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0704

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