Repealing the provision of law making the entry of an adoption order by a court grounds for the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to make a new certificate of birth for an individual who was born outside the United States; and repealing a specified qualification that a foreign-born adopted person must meet before the Secretary may prepare and register a certificate of foreign birth.

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Sponsored by:

Delegate Rudolph C. Cane, District 37A

Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24

Delegate John L. Bohanan, Jr., District 29B

Delegate Joseph C. Boteler, III, District 8

Delegate Charles R. Boutin, District 34A

Delegate K. Bennett Bozman, District 38B

Delegate Eric M. Bromwell, District 8

Delegate Norman H. Conway, District 38B

Delegate Robert A. Costa, District 33B

Delegate Clarence Davis, District 45

Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C

Delegate Donald B. Elliott, District 4B

Delegate Peter Franchot, District 20

Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16

Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46

Delegate Hattie N. Harrison, District 45

Delegate Henry B. Heller, District 19

Delegate John Adams Hurson, District 18

Delegate Wade Kach, District 5B

Delegate Carolyn J. Krysiak, District 46

Delegate James E. Malone, Jr., District 12A

Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19

Delegate Tony McConkey, District 33A

Delegate Pat McDonough, District 7

Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11

Delegate Gareth E. Murray, District 20

Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10

Delegate Nathaniel T. Oaks, District 41

Delegate George W. Owings, III, District 27B

Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13

Delegate James E. Proctor, Jr., District 27A

Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 41

Delegate David D. Rudolph, District 34B

Delegate Michael D. Smigiel, Sr., District 36

Delegate Theodore Sophocleus, District 32

Delegate Richard A. Sossi, District 36

Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13

Delegate Veronica Turner, District 26

Delegate Richard B. Weldon, Jr., District 3B

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

ADOPTION

ALIENS

FAMILY LAW -see also- ADOPTION; ANNULMENT; DIVORCE; etc

HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, DEPARTMENT OF

VITAL RECORDS

Bill affects the following Statute:

Health - General

( 4-211 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (RTF / PDF), Third Reading (RTF / PDF), Enrolled

Fiscal Note: Available (WORD / PDF)

Amendments:

House

Number: 396680/01 (WordPerfect / PDF)     Offered on: February 17, 2004   at: 10:13 a.m.     Status: Adopted

Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):

House

February 19, 2004: Third Reading Passed (138-0)

Senate

April 6, 2004: Third Reading Passed (47-0)