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Committee adopts amendment to adoption-reform bill, then pulls it for further review
Summary
A heavily amended House Bill 1488 — aimed at tightening adoption practices, increasing accounting and counseling, and combating unlicensed agents and alleged trafficking — had its amendment adopted but was pulled for further committee consideration Monday due to concerns from adoption attorneys and committee members.
House Bill 1488, presented by Representative Penzo and amended in committee, aims to tighten adoption law to prevent unlicensed agents from brokering adoptions and to require clearer accounting and counseling to protect biological parents. Proponents cited concerns in immigrant and low‑income communities and…
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