68th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--1995 Regular Session
Enrolled
Senate Bill 1105
Sponsored by Senator SMITH; Senators CEASE, DUKES, YIH,
Representative MANNIX
CHAPTER ................
AN ACT
Relating to adoption; creating new provisions; and amending ORS
7.211, 109.309, 109.311, 109.425, 109.430, 109.440, 109.450,
109.502, 109.503, 109.505, 109.506, 109.507, 109.990 and
432.420.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
{ + **************************** NOTE: + } Section 1 was
deleted by amendment. Subsequent sections were not renumbered.
**************************** SECTION 2. ORS 109.309 is amended
to read:
109.309. (1) Any person may petition the circuit court for
leave to adopt another person and, if desired, for a change of
the other person's name. { + One petitioner, the child or one
birth parent must be a resident of this state. As used in this
subsection, ' resident' means a person who has resided in this
state continuously for a period of six months prior to the date
of the petition. + }
(2)(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection
{ + and subsections (1) and (3) of this section as they relate
to residency + }, when the petition is for the adoption of a
minor child, the adoption shall be governed by the Uniform Child
Custody Jurisdiction Act, ORS 109.700 to 109.930.
(b) The joinder provision of the Uniform Child Custody
Jurisdiction Act, ORS 109.800, does not apply.
(3) The petition to adopt a person 18 years of age or older may
be filed in the county where the petitioner, the person to be
adopted or the person who consents to the adoption resides { - ,
if any of them is a resident of this state - } .
(4) In a petition to adopt a minor child, venue shall lie in
the Oregon county with which the child has the most significant
connection or in the Oregon county in which the licensed adoption
agency is located.
(5)(a) When the petition is for the adoption of a minor child,
the petitioner shall also file at the time of filing the
petition:
(A) A written statement containing the full names and permanent
addresses of:
(i) The petitioners;
(ii) All persons whose consent to the adoption is required
under ORS 109.312 when such names are either known or may be
readily ascertained by the petitioners; and
(iii) The Oregon licensed adoption agency, if any, or the
relative or person that privately placed the child for adoption.
(B) The documents demonstrating consent under ORS 109.312 to
the adoption of the minor child.
(C) Written evidence documenting a current home study that has
been approved by either the Children's Services Division or an
Oregon licensed adoption agency submitted for the purpose of
demonstrating that the petitioners meet the minimum standards for
adoptive homes as set forth in the division's administrative
rules.
(b) A stepparent or relative who qualifies under the Children's
Services Division administrative rules for a waiver of the
division's home study requirements described in paragraph (a)(C)
of this subsection may file the request for waiver along with the
petition for adoption.
(6) The petitioner shall cause copies of the documents required
to be filed with the court under subsection (5) of this section
to be served upon the Assistant Director for Children's Services,
by either registered or certified mail with return receipt or
personal service, within 30 days after the documents have been
filed with the court. In the case of a stepparent adoption, the
petition shall also be served on all persons whose consent to the
adoption is required under ORS 109.312 and on the child's
grandparents, if the names and addresses are known or may be
readily ascertained by the petitioners. The petition shall be
served by registered mail, by certified mail with return receipt
or personally. Service on the child's grandparents may be waived
by the court for good cause. The court shall not rule upon the
petition until at least { - 60 - } { + 90 + } days after the
date that the documents were served upon the assistant director.
However, the division may waive the { - 60-day - } { +
90-day + } period.
(7)(a) Within { - 60 - } { + 90 + } days of the service on
the assistant director, the Children's Services Division shall
investigate and file for the consideration of the judge before
whom the petition for adoption is pending a placement report
containing information regarding the status of the child and
evidence concerning the suitability of the proposed adoption. The
division may designate an Oregon licensed adoption agency to
investigate and report to the court. { + If the division
designates an Oregon licensed adoption agency to investigate and
report to the court, the division shall make the designation and
provide all necessary information and materials to the Oregon
licensed adoption agency no later than 30 days after the service
on the assistant director. + } However, the division may waive
the placement report requirement.
(b) Upon receipt of a written request by the petitioner's
attorney, the division shall furnish to that attorney copies of
any information that the division has filed with the court.
(c) The division may charge the petitioner a fee for
investigating a proposed non-agency adoption and preparing the
home study report described in subsection (5)(a)(C) of this
section and the placement report described in paragraph (a) of
this subsection. The petitioner shall report the fee amount to
the court. The court granting the adoption shall make a finding
as to whether the fee is necessary and reasonable. Any fee
charged shall not exceed reasonable costs for investigation, home
study and placement report preparation. The division shall
prescribe by rule the procedure for computing the investigation,
home study and placement report preparation fee. The rules shall
provide a waiver of either part or all of the fee based upon the
petitioner's ability to pay.
(8) The amounts of any fees collected under subsection (7) of
this section are continuously appropriated to the Children's
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Services Division for use in preparing the home study and
placement reports required under subsections (5)(a)(C) and (7)(a)
of this section.
(9)(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection,
a court shall not grant a decree for the adoption of a minor
child unless the petitioners have filed with the court the
documents described in subsections { - (5)(a)(A), (B) and
(C) - } { + (5) + } and (7)(a) of this section.
(b) A person shall not be required to file a home study or a
placement report with the court when the Children's Services
Division has granted the person a waiver under division rules.
(10) The adoption shall comply with the Indian Child Welfare
Act (25 U.S.C. �1901 et seq.), if applicable. Every adoption
petition involving the Indian Child Welfare Act shall include the
following:
(a) A statement of the efforts to notify the appropriate Indian
tribe or tribes of the adoption; and
(b) A statement of the efforts to comply with the placement
preferences of the Indian Child Welfare Act (25 U.S.C. �1901 et
seq.) or the placement preferences of the appropriate Indian
tribe.
(11) As used in this section and ORS 109.332, 'grandparent '
includes a grandparent who has established custody, visitation or
other rights under ORS 109.119 or visitation rights under ORS
109.121.
**************************** SECTION 3. ORS 109.311 is amended
to read:
109.311. (1) Each adoption petition filed pursuant to ORS
109.309 seeking adoption of a minor child shall be accompanied by
a written disclosure statement containing an itemized accounting
of all moneys paid or estimated to be paid by the petitioner for
fees, costs and expenses related to the adoption, including all
legal, medical, living and travel expenses. The form of the
disclosure statement shall be prescribed by the Children's
Services Division after consultation with approved Oregon
licensed adoption agencies.
(2) No court shall grant a decree for an adoption of a minor
child in the absence of a placement report by the Children's
Services Division or an Oregon licensed adoption agency unless
the filing of such report has been waived by the Children's
Services Division. No court shall grant a decree for an adoption
of a minor child in the absence of a written disclosure statement
as described in subsection (1) of this section or in the absence
of a verified statement by the petitioner that, to the best of
the petitioner's knowledge, no charges, except those reported in
the disclosure statement, have been or will be paid in connection
with the adoption.
(3) No person shall charge, accept or pay or offer to charge,
accept or pay a fee for locating a minor child for adoption or
for locating another person to adopt a minor child, except that
Oregon licensed adoption agencies licensed under ORS chapter 418
may charge reasonable fees for services provided by them.
{ + (4)(a) It is unlawful for any person to advertise:
(A) A child offered or wanted for adoption; or
(B) That the person is able to place, locate, dispose of or
receive a child for adoption.
(b) The provisions of paragraph (a) of this subsection do not
apply to:
(A) The Children's Services Division or a licensed Oregon
adoption agency or an agent, employee or person with whom the
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division or adoption agency has a contract authorizing such
actions; or
(B) A person who has completed a home study as required by ORS
109.309 (5)(a)(C) and has received a favorable recommendation
regarding the fitness of the person to be an adoptive parent or
the person's attorney or uncompensated agent. A written
declaration by the person who prepared the home study is
sufficient verification of compliance with this subparagraph. The
person's attorney must be licensed to practice in Oregon.
(c) Nothing in this subsection prohibits an attorney licensed
to practice in Oregon from advertising the attorney's
availability to provide services related to the adoption of
children.
(d) As used in this subsection, unless the context requires
otherwise, 'advertise' means to communicate by newspaper, radio,
television, handbills, placards or other print, broadcast or
electronic medium that originates within this state. + }
**************************** SECTION 4. ORS 109.990 is amended
to read:
109.990. (1) A person who violates ORS 109.311 (3) or who
submits a false statement under ORS 109.311 { - (2) - } { +
(1) + } commits a Class C felony.
{ - (2) A person who violates ORS 109.311 (4) commits a Class
A misdemeanor. - }
{ - (3) - } { + (2) + } A person who violates any provision
of ORS { + 109.311 (4) or + } 109.502 to 109.507 or any rule
adopted pursuant to ORS 109.506 commits a Class A misdemeanor.
**************************** SECTION 5. { + Before a final
decree of adoption is entered, the agency or organization
facilitating the adoption, or the attorney for the adoptive
parents in an independent adoption, shall submit verification to
the court that the birth parents and the petitioners have been
advised of the voluntary adoption registry established under ORS
109.450 and have been given information on how to access those
services. + }
**************************** SECTION 6. ORS 7.211 is amended to
read:
7.211. (1) The clerk or court administrator of any court having
jurisdiction over adoption cases shall keep separate records in
all cases of adoption filed in such court. The records shall not
be subject to the inspection of any person, except upon order of
the court. Adoption proceedings shall not be entered upon the
general records of the court, nor shall the clerk or court
administrator disclose to any person, without the court order,
any information appearing in the adoption records. The clerk,
court administrator or any other person having custody of any
records or files in such cases shall not disclose them to any
person without the court order. Nothing contained in this section
shall prevent the clerk or court administrator from certifying
copies of a decree of adoption to the petitioners in such
proceeding or their attorney. At the time of the entry of any
final decree of adoption, the clerk, court administrator or other
person having custody of the records or files in such cases shall
cause all records, papers and files relating to the adoption to
be sealed in the record of the case and such sealed records,
papers and files shall not be unsealed, opened or subject to the
inspection of any person except upon order of a court of
competent jurisdiction.
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(2) The provisions of subsection (1) of this section do not
apply to the disclosure of information under ORS 109.425 to
109.507 { - and 109.990 (3) - } .
**************************** SECTION 7. ORS 109.425 is amended
to read:
109.425. As used in this section and ORS 109.435 to 109.507
{ - and 109.990 (3) - } :
(1) 'Adoptee' means a person who has been adopted in the State
of Oregon.
(2) 'Adoption' means the judicial act of creating the
relationship of parent and child where it did not exist
previously.
(3) 'Adoptive parent' means an adult who has become a parent of
a child through adoption.
(4) 'Adult' means a person 18 years of age or older.
(5) 'Agency' means any public or private organization licensed
or authorized under the laws of this state to place children for
adoption.
(6) 'Birth parent' is:
(a) The man or woman who is legally presumed under the laws of
this state to be the father or mother of genetic origin of a
child; and
(b) A putative father of the child if the birth mother alleges
he is the father and the putative father, by written affidavit or
surrender and release executed within one year of the
relinquishment of the child by the birth mother or the
termination of parental rights of the birth mother, acknowledges
being the child's biological father.
(7) 'Children's Services Division' { + or 'division' + } is
the Children's Services Division of the Department of Human
Resources of the State of Oregon.
(8) 'Genetic and social history' is a comprehensive report,
when obtainable, on the birth parents, siblings to the birth
parents, if any, other children of either birth parent, if any,
and parents of the birth parents, and contains as much of the
following as is available:
(a) Medical history;
(b) Health status;
(c) Cause of and age at death;
(d) Height, weight, eye and hair color;
(e) Ethnic origins; and
(f) Religion, if any.
(9) 'Health history' is a comprehensive report, when
obtainable, of the child's health status and medical history at
the time of placement for adoption, including neonatal,
psychological, physiological and medical care history.
(10) 'Putative father' is a man who, under the laws of this
state, is not legally presumed to be the father of genetic origin
of a child, but who claims or is alleged to be the father of
genetic origin of the child.
(11) 'Registry' is a voluntary adoption registry as established
under ORS 109.450.
{ - (12) 'Search organization' is an organization, including,
but not limited to, an individual, an adoption agency or a
private nonprofit organization, that meets the standards
established by the Children's Services Division to conduct
searches and examine confidential adoption records pursuant to
ORS 109.502 to 109.507 and with whom the Children's Services
Division has a contract to conduct such searches. - }
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{ - (13) - } { + (12) + } 'Successor agency' is an agency
which has the adoption records of another agency because of the
merger of the agency and the successor agency or because a former
agency has ceased doing business and has given its adoption
records to the successor agency as provided in ORS 109.435 (2).
**************************** SECTION 8. ORS 109.430 is amended
to read:
109.430. It is the policy of this state that adoption is based
upon the legal termination of parental rights and
responsibilities of birth parents and the creation of the legal
relationship of parents and child between an adoptee and the
adoptive parents. These legal and social premises underlying
adoption must be maintained. The state recognizes that some
adults who were adopted as children have a strong desire to
obtain identifying information about their birth parents while
other such adult adoptees have no such desire. The state further
recognizes that some birth parents have a strong desire to obtain
identifying information about their biological children who were
adopted, while other birth parents have no such desire. The state
fully recognizes the right to privacy and confidentiality of
birth parents whose children were adopted, the adoptees and the
adoptive parents. The purpose of ORS 7.211, 109.425 to 109.507
{ - , 109.990 (3) - } and 432.420 is to:
(1) Set up a voluntary adoption registry where birth parents
and adult adoptees may register their willingness to the release
of identifying information to each other;
(2) Provide for the disclosure of identifying information to
birth parents and their genetic offspring through a social worker
employed by a licensed adoption agency, if a birth parent or
parents and the adult adoptee are registered;
(3) Provide for the transmission of nonidentifying health and
social and genetic history of the adult adoptees, birth parents
and other specified persons; and
(4) Provide for disclosure of specific identifying information
to Indian tribes or governmental agencies when needed to
establish the adoptee's eligibility for tribal membership or for
benefits or to a person responsible for settling an estate that
refers to the adoptee.
**************************** SECTION 9. ORS 109.440 is amended
to read:
109.440. A person or agency shall not disclose any confidential
information relating to an adoption except as provided in ORS
109.425 and 109.435 to 109.507 { - and 109.990 (3) - } or
pursuant to a court order.
**************************** SECTION 10. ORS 109.450 is amended
to read:
109.450. (1) A voluntary adoption registry shall be established
and maintained by each agency or its successor agency. An agency
may delegate or contract with another agency to establish,
maintain and operate the registry for the delegating agency.
(2) The Children's Services Division shall establish, maintain
and operate the registry for all adoptions not arranged through a
licensed agency. The Children's Services Division may contract
out the function of establishing, maintaining and operating the
registry to another agency. The Children's Services Division may
join a voluntary national or international registry and make its
records available in the manner authorized by ORS 109.425 to
109.507 { - and 109.990 (3) - } . However, if the rules of
disclosure of such a voluntary organization differ from those
prescribed in ORS 109.425 and 109.435 to 109.507 { - and
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109.990 (3) - } , ORS 109.425 and 109.435 to 109.507 { - and
109.990 (3) - } shall prevail.
**************************** SECTION 11. ORS 432.420 is amended
to read:
432.420. The documents sealed under ORS 432.415 may be opened
by the State Registrar only upon an order of a court of competent
jurisdiction or when requested by an agency operating a voluntary
adoption registry as defined in ORS 109.425 for the purpose of
facilitating the identification of persons registering under the
provisions of ORS 109.425 and 109.435 to 109.507 { - and
109.990 (3) - } .
**************************** SECTION 12. ORS 109.502 is amended
to read:
109.502. (1)(a) An adult adoptee or the adoptive parent of a
minor or deceased adoptee may request that the Children's
Services Division { + or the Oregon licensed adoption agency
that facilitated the adoption + } conduct a search for the
adoptee's birth parents or, except as otherwise provided in ORS
109.504 (1), for the adoptee's genetic siblings.
{ - (b) A birth parent, an adult genetic sibling of an
adoptee or the parent or adult sibling of a deceased birth parent
may request the Children's Services Division to conduct a search
for an adult adoptee whom the birth parent relinquished for
adoption. - }
{ - (2) At the time of a request to conduct a search under
this section, the requestor shall provide the Children's Services
Division with such information as the Children's Services
Division requires. The person requesting the search must be
registered with a registry established under ORS 109.450. Upon
payment by the requestor of a fee established by rule under ORS
109.506, the Children's Services Division shall instruct a search
organization to conduct the search. If the agency that placed the
adoptee meets the standards established under ORS 109.506, the
Children's Services Division shall give that agency the
opportunity to conduct the search before requesting any other
search organization to conduct the search. - }
{ + (b) A birth parent, an adult genetic sibling of an
adoptee or the parent or adult sibling of a deceased birth parent
may request the Children's Services Division or the Oregon
licensed adoption agency that facilitated the adoption to conduct
a search for an adult adoptee whom the birth parent relinquished
for adoption.
(c) A person requesting a search under paragraph (a) or (b) of
this subsection shall direct the request for the search to the
Oregon licensed adoption agency that facilitated the adoption. If
the Oregon licensed adoption agency that facilitated the adoption
is not conducting searches or has not been authorized by the
Children's Services Division to conduct searches, the person
shall direct the request to the Children's Services Division.
(2) At the time of a request to conduct a search under this
section, the requester shall provide the Children's Services
Division or the Oregon licensed adoption agency that facilitated
the adoption with such information as the Children's Services
Division or the Oregon licensed adoption agency requires. The
person requesting the search must be registered with a registry
established under ORS 109.450.
(3)(a) If the person has requested the Children's Services
Division to conduct a search, upon payment by the requester of a
fee established by rule under ORS 109.506, the Children's
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Services Division shall instruct an Oregon licensed adoption
agency to conduct the search.
(b) If the Oregon licensed adoption agency that facilitated the
adoption meets the standards established by rule under ORS
109.506, upon payment by the requester of a fee established by
rule under ORS 109.506, the Oregon licensed adoption agency shall
conduct the search. + }
**************************** SECTION 13. ORS 109.503 is amended
to read:
109.503. (1) When { - a search organization - } { + the
Children's Services Division or an Oregon licensed adoption
agency + } has been instructed to conduct a search, the
{ - search organization - } { + Children's Services Division or
an Oregon licensed adoption agency + } may examine adoption
records maintained by the Children's Services Division and by
private adoption agencies under ORS 109.435. However, the
{ - search organization - } { + Children's Services Division
or an Oregon licensed adoption agency + } may examine the
adoption records of a private adoption agency only if the private
adoption agency allows the examination. The { - search
organization - } { + Children's Services Division or an Oregon
licensed adoption agency + } shall keep the records and
information located in the records confidential.
(2) If the { - search organization - } { + Children's
Services Division or an Oregon licensed adoption agency + } is
able to identify and locate the person being sought, the
{ - search organization - } { + Children's Services Division or
an Oregon licensed adoption agency + } shall make a confidential
inquiry of that person to determine whether the person wishes to
make contact with the person requesting the search. The
{ - search organization - } { + Children's Services Division
or an Oregon licensed adoption agency + } shall make the inquiry
in person if possible.
(3)(a) If the person being sought wishes to make contact with
the person requesting the search, the { - search
organization - } { + Children's Services Division or an Oregon
licensed adoption agency + } shall:
(A) Tell the person about the voluntary adoption registry under
ORS 109.435 to 109.507 { - and 109.990 (3) - } and that any
contact will be made through the registry and its provisions and
shall give the person any information and forms necessary to
register;
{ - (B) Notify the person requesting the search that the
person being sought has been identified and located, wishes to
make contact and has been given the voluntary adoption registry
information; - }
{ - (C) - } { + (B) + } Notify the voluntary adoption
registry that the person being sought has been identified and
located and { - give the registry identifying information about
the person, the person's address and the date the confidential
inquiry was made - } { + has indicated that the person wishes
to make contact + }; and
{ - (D) - } { + (C) + } Return all materials and
information obtained during the search to the division or agency
responsible for maintaining the information.
{ - (b) In making the notification required by paragraph
(a)(B) of this subsection, the search organization shall not give
the person any identifying information about the person being
sought. - }
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{ - (c) - } { + (b) + } If the person being sought { + has
indicated a wish to make contact and + } has not registered with
the voluntary adoption registry within 90 days after the
confidential inquiry was made, the Children's Services
Division { + or an Oregon licensed adoption agency + }, where
practicable, shall { - cause the person to be contacted to - }
{ + contact the person to + } offer forms and materials to
register and to determine if the person still intends to
register.
{ - (d) The search organization may not contact the person
being sought once the confidential inquiry has been made. - }
(4) { - (a) - } If the person being sought does not wish to
make contact with the person requesting the search, the
{ - search organization - } { + Children's Services Division
or an Oregon licensed adoption agency + } shall:
{ - (A) - } { + (a) + } Tell the person about the voluntary
adoption registry under ORS 109.435 to 109.507 { - and 109.990
(3) - } ; { - and - }
{ + (b) Notify the voluntary adoption registry that the
person being sought has been identified, located and has
indicated that the person does not wish to make contact; and + }
{ - (B) - } { + (c) + } Return all materials and
information obtained during the search to the division or agency
responsible for maintaining the information.
{ - (b) The search organization may not contact the person
being sought once the confidential inquiry has been made. - }
{ + (5) If the Children's Services Division or an Oregon
licensed adoption agency is unable to identify and locate the
person being sought, the Children's Services Division or an
Oregon licensed adoption agency shall notify the voluntary
adoption registry of that fact.
(6) Upon receiving notice under subsection (3)(a)(B), (4)(b) or
(5) of this section, the voluntary adoption registry shall:
(a) Enter the information into its records; and
(b) Notify the person requesting the search only that the
person being sought has or has not been located, and either:
(A) Has indicated a wish to make contact and has been given
information and forms necessary to register; or
(B) Has indicated a wish not to make contact. + }
**************************** SECTION 14. ORS 109.505 is amended
to read:
109.505. Information about agency and community resources
regarding psychological issues in adoption and reunion shall be
provided:
(1) By the Children's Services Division { + or an Oregon
licensed adoption agency + } to all persons requesting a search
under ORS 109.502; and
{ - (2) By the search organization to all persons the search
organization identifies and locates as the result of a search
under ORS 109.503. - }
{ + (2) By the Children's Services Division or an Oregon
licensed adoption agency only to those persons the Children's
Services Division or an Oregon licensed adoption agency
identifies and locates as the result of a search under ORS
109.503 and who express a wish to receive information. + }
**************************** SECTION 15. ORS 109.506 is amended
to read:
109.506. The Children's Services Division by rule shall
establish:
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(1) Eligibility standards for { - search organizations - }
{ + Oregon licensed adoption agencies that conduct searches
under ORS 109.503 + };
(2) Standards of conduct for { - search organizations - }
{ + Oregon licensed adoption agencies that conduct searches
under ORS 109.503 + };
(3) Contracting procedures for { - search organizations - }
{ + Oregon licensed adoption agencies that conduct searches
under ORS 109.503 + };
(4) Search procedures to be followed by { - search
organizations - } { + Oregon licensed adoption agencies that
conduct searches under ORS 109.503 + }; and
(5) Fees to be paid by persons requesting a search under ORS
109.502. Fees authorized under this section include:
(a) A fee to be paid to the { - search organization - } { +
Children's Services Division or an Oregon licensed adoption
agency + } to cover all costs incurred in the search but not to
exceed $300; and
(b) A fee to be paid to the Children's Services Division
{ + or an Oregon licensed adoption agency + } to cover the
administrative costs incurred in administering the search
program.
**************************** SECTION 16. ORS 109.507 is amended
to read:
109.507. (1) The Children's Services Division shall allow
{ - a search organization - } { + an Oregon licensed adoption
agency + } to examine confidential adoption records maintained by
the division as part of a search conducted under ORS 109.503.
(2) A private adoption agency may allow { - a search
organization - } { + the Children's Services Division or an
Oregon licensed adoption agency + } to examine confidential
adoption records maintained by the agency as part of a search
conducted under ORS 109.503.
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Passed by Senate May 1, 1995
Repassed by Senate June 7, 1995
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Secretary of Senate
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President of Senate
Passed by House May 22, 1995
Repassed by House June 9, 1995
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Speaker of House
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Received by Governor:
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Approved:
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Governor
Filed by Office of Secretary of State:
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Secretary of State
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