l9n/ Oregon

2011 Regular Session

House Bill 2904

Establishes Adoption Legal Services Fund.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Human Services Committee on June 30, 2011. The 2011 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.

Establishes Adoption Legal Services Fund. Continuously appropriates moneys in fund to Judicial Department to pay costs of legal consultation for birth parents in adoption proceedings. Requires additional fee to be collected from party filing petition for adoption and to be credited to fund. Prohibits consent to adoption, or surrender and release of child for adoption, until child is eight days old. Prohibits waiver. Permits certificate of irrevocability to be revoked for any reason within 30 days. Provides that certificate of irrevocability is not effective until birth parent participates in mandatory adoption-related counseling and legal consultation. Failure of birth parent to participate in mandatory counseling and legal consultation and nonpayment of expenses of counseling and consultation are grounds for setting aside adoption judgment or for revocation of consent to adoption. Provides that validity of adoption judgment may be challenged on specified grounds within one year after entry.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

1 co-sponsor

Phil Barnhart

Its course

January 11 to June 30, 2011, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action3 actions on 3 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 11 to Jun 30 · stopped170 days

Waiting for a committeeJan 11 to Jan 2110 days

Human ServicesJan 21 to Jun 30 · stopped160 days

Text

Each version as the Legislative Assembly printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislative Assembly published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 11 – Jun 30

  1. Jan 11Introduced
  2. Jan 21Sent to Human Services
  3. Jun 30Died when the session ended
All 3 actions, as published
  1. Jan 11First reading. Referred to the desks of the Co-Speakers.House of Representatives
  2. Jan 21Referred to Human Services with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.House of Representatives
  3. Jun 30In committee upon adjournment.House of Representatives