HB 1212 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
4/6/00 3995s
2000 SESSION
04/01
HOUSE BILL 1212
AN ACT relative to extending the reporting date of the open adoption study committee and relative to persons eligible to adopt.
SPONSORS: Rep. Bickford, Straf 1; Rep. Richardson, Ches 12; Rep. Martel, Hills 45; Rep. Coughlin, Hills 12; Sen. Pignatelli, Dist 13
COMMITTEE: Children and Family Law
This bill extends the reporting date of the open adoption study committee established in 1999, 40 from November 1, 1999 to November 1, 2000 and provides that two unmarried adults shall be eligible to adopt together.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
4/6/00 3995s
00-2731
04/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT relative to extending the reporting date of the open adoption study committee and relative to persons eligible to adopt.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Open Adoption Study Committee; Reporting Date Extended. Amend 1999, 40:5 to read as follows:
40:5 Report. The committee shall report its findings and any recommendations for proposed legislation to the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate president, the house clerk, the senate clerk, the governor, and the state library on or before November 1, [1999] 2000.
2 New Paragraph; Adoption; Who May Adopt; Eligible Persons Amended. Amend RSA 170-B:4 by inserting after paragraph V the following new paragraph:
VI. Two unmarried adults together.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.