SB 1306 (2023) -  Placement of Surrendered Newborn Infants

General Bill by Harrell
Placement of Surrendered Newborn Infants: Requiring licensed child-placing agencies to maintain a specified registry; requiring that certain information be removed from the registry under certain circumstances; prohibiting the child-placing agency from transferring certain costs to prospective adoptive parents; requiring licensed child-placing agencies to immediately place a surrendered newborn infant in the physical custody of an identified prospective adoptive parent; providing that the prospective adoptive parent becomes the guardian of such infant under certain conditions for a certain period of time; providing requirements for licensed child-placing agencies once they take physical custody of a surrendered newborn infant, etc.
Effective Date: 07/01/2023
Last Event: 05/05/23 S Died in Judiciary on Friday, May 5, 2023 10:59 AM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
    • On agenda for: 03/20/23 12:30 PM
    • Favorable (final action) Votes: Yeas 7   Nays 0
  • Judiciary
  • Rules

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: HB 1339 Subject: Placement of Surrendered Newborn Infants Relationship: Identical

Bill Text

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs 3/20/2023 4:33:55 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs 3/18/2023 8:40:12 PM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Died in Judiciary Time: 05/05/2023 - 10:59 AM Member: Committee: Judiciary Version: __
Event: S Now in Judiciary Time: 03/20/2023 - 4:48 PM Member: Committee: Judiciary Version: __
Event: S Favorable by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 Time: 03/20/2023 - 2:16 PM Member: Committee: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 03/20/23, 12:30 pm, 37 Senate Building Time: 03/15/2023 - 3:39 PM Member: Committee: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Version: __
Event: S Introduced Time: 03/07/2023 - 10:45 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Judiciary; Rules Time: 03/06/2023 - 12:31 PM Member: Committee: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 02/28/2023 - 4:36 PM Member: Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
63.039 HB 1339
63.0423 CS/SB 870, CS/HB 899, HB 1099, SB 1288, HB 1339
383.50 CS/SB 870, CS/HB 899, HB 1339