CS/CS/SB 1874 (2012) -  Child Visitation and Adoption

General Bill by Judiciary and Children, Families, and Elder Affairs and Wise
Child Visitation and Adoption: Requiring the Department of Children and Family Services to inform the parents of a child of the availability of private placement of the child with an adoption entity in certain circumstances; exempting adoption proceedings initiated under ch. 39, F.S., from a requirement for a search of the Florida Putative Father Registry; prohibiting a court from increasing contact between an adopted child and siblings, birth parents, or other relatives without the consent of the adoptive parent or parents; providing factors for the court or child-placing agency to consider when referring cases for supervised visitation or exchange monitoring; authorizing a supervised visitation program to participate in the Volunteer and Employee Criminal History System in order to obtain criminal history information, etc.
Effective Date: 10/01/2012
Last Event: 03/08/12 S Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 1163 (Ch. 2012-81) -SJ 1043 on Thursday, March 8, 2012 4:30 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
    • On agenda for: 01/31/12
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 6   Nays 0
  • Judiciary
    • On agenda for: 02/20/12 10:30 AM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 6   Nays 0

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: CS/CS/CS/HB 1163 Subject: Adoption Relationship: Similar
Bill #: HB 557 Subject: Supervised Visitation and Exchange Monitoring Relationship: Compare
Bill #: CS/CS/SB 370 Subject: Supervised Visitation and Exchange Monitoring Relationship: Compare

Bill Text

  • Committee Substitute 2
    • D 584164 , Wise Date Filed: 03/07/12, Line#: 0 Senate: Adopted 3/8/2012 4:30:03 PM
    • A 974604 , Rich Date Filed: 03/07/12, Line#: 844 Senate: Withdrawn 3/8/2012 4:29:20 PM
  • Committee Substitute 1
    • D 314440 , Judiciary, Thrasher Date Filed: 02/20/12, Line#: 0 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 02/22/2012 02:24 PM
    • AA 887568 , Judiciary, Flores Date Filed: 02/20/12, Line#: 46 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 02/22/2012 02:24 PM
  • Original Filed Version
    • D 895908 , Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, Storms Date Filed: 01/30/12, Line#: 0 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 02/01/2012 02:35 PM
    • AA 431684 , Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, Rich Date Filed: 01/31/12, Line#: 89 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 02/01/2012 02:35 PM
    • AA 723926 , Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, Storms Date Filed: 01/31/12, Line#: 147 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 02/01/2012 02:35 PM

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Judiciary 2/22/2012 2:24:40 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Judiciary 2/17/2012 1:24:31 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs 2/1/2012 1:07:08 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs 1/30/2012 3:40:14 PM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 1163 (Ch. 2012-81) -SJ 1043 Time: 03/08/2012 - 4:30 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Substituted CS/CS/CS/HB 1163 -SJ 1043 Time: 03/08/2012 - 4:30 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Amendment(s) adopted (584164) -SJ 1043 Time: 03/08/2012 - 4:30 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Read 2nd time -SJ 1041 Time: 03/08/2012 - 4:29 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/08/12 Time: 03/06/2012 - 7:24 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 874 Time: 03/06/2012 - 10:16 AM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Withdrawn from Budget Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Appropriations; Budget -SJ 874 Time: 03/06/2012 - 10:16 AM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Now in Budget Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Appropriations Time: 02/27/2012 - 12:48 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Subreferred to Budget Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Appropriations -SJ 685 Time: 02/27/2012 - 12:42 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Now in Budget -SJ 671 Time: 02/24/2012 - 12:52 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S CS/CS by Judiciary read 1st time -SJ 677 Time: 02/23/2012 - 8:49 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 02/22/2012 - 2:36 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S CS/CS by Judiciary; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 -SJ 671 Time: 02/20/2012 - 2:09 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 02/20/12, 10:30 am, 110 Senate Office Building Time: 02/15/2012 - 6:05 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Now in Judiciary -SJ 314 Time: 02/02/2012 - 9:19 AM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs read 1st time -SJ 317 Time: 02/01/2012 - 6:23 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 02/01/2012 - 2:38 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 -SJ 314 Time: 01/31/2012 - 5:31 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 01/31/12, 15 minutes after recess of session, 401 Senate Office Building Time: 01/26/2012 - 6:21 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Introduced -SJ 244 Time: 01/17/2012 - 7:00 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Judiciary; Budget -SJ 244 Time: 01/17/2012 - 5:14 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 01/09/2012 - 8:55 AM Member: Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
39.802 CS/CS/CS/HB 1163*
63.022 CS/CS/CS/HB 1163*
63.032 CS/CS/CS/HB 1163*
63.037 CS/CS/CS/HB 1163*
63.039 CS/CS/CS/HB 1163*
63.0423 CS/CS/CS/HB 1163*
63.0425 CS/CS/CS/HB 1163*
63.0427 CS/CS/CS/HB 1163*
63.052 CS/CS/CS/HB 1163*
63.053 CS/CS/CS/HB 1163*
63.054 CS/CS/CS/HB 1163*
63.062 CS/CS/CS/HB 1163*
63.063 CS/CS/CS/HB 1163*
63.082 CS/CS/CS/HB 1163*
63.085 CS/CS/CS/HB 1163*
63.087 CS/CS/CS/HB 1163*
63.088 CS/CS/CS/HB 1163*
63.089 CS/CS/CS/HB 1163*
63.092 CS/CS/CS/HB 1163*
63.097 CS/CS/CS/HB 1163*
63.152 CS/CS/CS/HB 1163*
63.162 CS/CS/CS/HB 1163*
63.167 CS/CS/CS/HB 1163*, CS/SB 1312, CS/HB 7055*
63.212 CS/CS/CS/HB 1163*
63.213 CS/CS/CS/HB 1163*
63.222 CS/CS/CS/HB 1163*
63.2325 CS/CS/CS/HB 1163*
753.06 CS/CS/SB 370, HB 557
753.07 CS/CS/SB 370, HB 557
753.08 CS/CS/SB 370, HB 557

(*) Not the latest version