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Utah Senate advances bill to ease costs for families adopting through state services
Summary
The Utah Senate voted to advance Senate Bill 102 to the third-reading calendar after testimony and debate that stressed reducing financial and regulatory burdens on middle- and lower-income families who adopt through the Department of Social Services.
An unidentified speaker told the Senate that he and his wife adopted through the Department of Social Services because a private adoption was unaffordable, and urged lawmakers to "help middle income, lower income people to adopt children." The Senate then voted to advance Senate Bill 102 to the third'reading calendar.
The bill drew technical questions from…
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