Law
Adoption expenses
ADOPTION – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding allowable expenses for a birth mother.

RS31267 / S1309

Idaho law currently requires that any birth mother expenses over $500 that need to be paid are subject to court approval. This legislation will raise that limit to $2000, so visits to the court will be lessened. These expenses are not paid in cash to the birth mother.

This is changing code references to expense limits between adoption entities, it has no affect on Idaho financial appropriations.

Bill Events
Date Description
02/09 Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing
02/12 Reported Printed; referred to Judiciary & Rules
02/28 Reported out of committee; to 14th Order for amendment
03/07 Placed in the Committee of the Whole
03/07 Reported out without recommendation, as amended
03/07 Amendments ordered printed; referred for engrossment
03/07 Amendments reported printed
03/07 Reported engrossed, filed for first reading, as amended
03/07 Read first time as amended, filed for Second Reading
03/08 Read second time as amended, filed for Third reading
03/11 Read third time in full as amended – PASSED - 34-0-1
AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Hartgen, Herndon, Just, Lakey, Lee, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Taylor, Toews(Toews), Trakel, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Winder, Wintrow, Zuiderveld
NAYS – None
Absent and excused – Schroeder
Floor Sponsor - VanOrden
Title apvd - to House
03/12 Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
03/12 Read First Time, Referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration
03/22 Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
03/25 Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
03/25 Rules Suspended: Ayes 69 Nays 1 Abs/Excd 0, read in full as required – PASSED - 70-0-0
AYES – Achilles, Alfieri, Allgood, Andrus, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Burns, Cannon, Cheatum, Chew(Harada), Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dixon(1), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Galaviz, Gallagher, Gannon, Garner, Green, Handy, Hawkins, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw(Johnson), Horman, Kingsley, Lambert, Lanting, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Necochea, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Price, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Roberts, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner, Vander Woude, Weber(Weber), Wheeler, Wisniewski, Wroten, Yamamoto, Young, Mr. Speaker
NAYS – None
Absent – None
Floor Sponsor - Mitchell
Title apvd - to Senate
03/26 Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling
03/26 Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
03/26 Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
03/27 Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor
03/27 Reported delivered to Governor at 11:43 a.m. on 03/27/24
03/29 Signed by Governor on 03/28/24
Session Law Chapter 231
Effective: 07/01/2024
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