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Senate approves adoption revisions and $2.455 million in grants for pregnancy resource centers
Summary
SB 147 passed the Senate with bipartisan support after sponsors described changes to adoption licensing, shortened bonding periods and a grant program that will appropriate $2,455,000 to pregnancy resource centers offering pregnancy‑support services.
Salt Lake City — The Utah State Senate approved Senate Bill 147 on third reading, a package of adoption‑process changes and a grant program that funds pregnancy resource centers.
Sponsor Senator Wilson described multiple elements: a conditional licensing option for individuals whose adoption license was previously revoked, clarifications to prevent certain step‑parent approval ambiguities, allowing a foster‑care home study to be used for adoption (reducing duplicate…
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