HB 472 -- ADOPTION INVESTIGATIONS

This bill excludes a criminal background check from those
investigations that may be waived in an adoption proceeding
where the adoptee is the natural child of one of the petitioners
and all required parties consent to the adoption.

HB 472 -- ADOPTION INVESTIGATIONS (Nordwald)

This bill excludes a criminal background check from those
investigations that may be waived in an adoption proceeding
where the adoptee is the natural child of one of the petitioners
and all required parties consent to the adoption.

FISCAL NOTE:  No impact on state funds.

HB 472 -- ADOPTION INVESTIGATIONS

SPONSOR:  Nordwald

COMMITTEE ACTION:  Voted "do pass by consent" by the Committee
on Children, Youth and Families by a vote of 14 to 0.

This bill excludes a criminal background check from those
investigations that may be waived in an adoption proceeding
where the adoptee is the natural child of one of the petitioners
and all required parties consent to the adoption.

FISCAL NOTE:  No impact on state funds.

PROPONENTS:  Supporters say that this bill is necessary to
protect children even when the biological parents consent to the
adoption.

Testifying for the bill were Representative Nordwald; and
Deborah J. Boedeker.

OPPONENTS:  There was no opposition voiced to the committee.

Julie Jinkens McNitt, Legislative Analyst

HB 472 -- Adoption Investigations

Sponsor:  Nordwald

This bill excludes a criminal background check from those
investigations that may be waived in an adoption proceeding
where the adoptee is the natural child of one of the petitioners
and all required parties consent to the adoption.