| Measure Title: | RELATING TO ADOPTION. |
| Report Title: | Adoption of Marshallese Children |
| Description: | Requires a preliminary relinquishment proceeding to obtain court approval that the birth mother who is a citizen of the Republic of the Marshall Islands is knowingly relinquishing her child for adoption. (SB2607 HD2) |
| Package: | None |
| Companion: | |
| Introducer(s): | BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, Kokubun, Aduja, Kim, Ige, Tsutsui |
| Current Referral: | HSH, JUD |
| Date | Status Text | |
|---|---|---|
| 1/23/2004 | S | Introduced. |
| 1/26/2004 | S | Passed First Reading. |
| 1/28/2004 | S | Referred to HMS, JHW. |
| 2/9/2004 | S | The committee on HMS has scheduled a public hearing on 02-13-04 at 2:15 pm in conference room 016. |
| 2/13/2004 | S | The committee(s) on HMS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HMS were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Chun Oakland, Fukunaga, Hooser, Tsutsui; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) Inouye, Ige, Trimble. |
| 2/20/2004 | S | Reported from HMS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2173) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JHW. |
| 2/20/2004 | S | Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JHW. |
| 3/2/2004 | S | The committee on JHW has scheduled a public hearing on 03-04-04 at 10:00 am in conference room 229. |
| 3/4/2004 | S | The committee(s) on JHW recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JHW were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Hanabusa, Chun Oakland, English; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Kawamoto, Hogue ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Fukunaga, Ihara. |
| 3/5/2004 | S | Reported from JHW (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2795) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading. |
| 3/5/2004 | S | 48 Hrs. Notice 03-09-04. |
| 3/9/2004 | S | Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Taniguchi). Transmitted to House. |
| 3/9/2004 | H | Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 203) in amended form (SD 1). |
| 3/11/2004 | H | Pass First Reading |
| 3/11/2004 | H | Referred to HSH, JUD, referral sheet 32. |
| 3/15/2004 | H | Bill scheduled to be heard by HSH on Wednesday, 03-17-04 at 9:30 am in House conference room 329. |
| 3/17/2004 | H | The committees on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Kahikina, Shimabukuro, Kawakami, Nishimoto, Finnegan; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Arakaki, Hale, Ching, Stonebraker. |
| 3/24/2004 | H | Reported from the committee on HSH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 893-04) as amended in (HD 1), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to the committee on JUD. |
| 3/24/2004 | H | Passed Second Reading as amended in (HD 1) and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with none voting no and Representative(s) Pendleton, Tamayo excused. |
| 4/6/2004 | H | Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Tuesday, 04-06-04 at 2:00 pm in House conference room 325. |
| 4/6/2004 | H | The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred until 4/7/2004. |
| 4/7/2004 | H | The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Hamakawa, B. Oshiro, Caldwell, Chang, Herkes, Lee, M. Oshiro, Sonson, Finnegan, Marumoto, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Ito, Kanoho, Souki, Pendleton. |
| 4/8/2004 | H | Reported from the committee on JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1295-04) as amended in (HD 2), recommending passage on Third Reading. |
| 4/8/2004 | H | Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 4/13/2004. |
| 4/13/2004 | H | Passed Third Reading as amended in (HD 2) with none voting no and Representative(s) Jernigan excused. |
| 4/13/2004 | H | Transmitted to Senate. |
| 4/15/2004 | S | Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 452). |
| 4/15/2004 | S | Senate disagrees with House amendments. |
| 4/15/2004 | H | Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 599). |
| 4/16/2004 | S | Senator(s) Chun Oakland, Hanabusa appointed as Co-Chair(s), Fukunaga, Tsutsui, Trimble. |
| 4/16/2004 | H | Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 680). |
| 4/19/2004 | H | House conferees appointed: Kahikina, Hamakawa Co-Chairs; Shimabukuro, Stonebraker. |
| 4/21/2004 | S | Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 626). |
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