{"id":3080,"date":"2023-02-10T16:48:17","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T21:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/masslaw\/?p=3080"},"modified":"2023-02-10T16:48:17","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T21:48:17","slug":"chapter-44-an-act-expanding-access-to-adoption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/masslaw\/2023\/02\/10\/chapter-44-an-act-expanding-access-to-adoption\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 44, An Act Expanding Access to Adoption"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2023\/02\/An-Act-Expanding-Access-to-Adoption-Legislative-History-Memorandum.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">An Act Expanding Access to Adoption Legislative History Memorandum<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span>1. \u00a0Procedural History and Bill Versions<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2023\/02\/An-Act-Expanding-Access-to-Adoption-Acts-of-2022-Chapter-44.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">An Act Expanding Access to Adoption &#8211; Acts of 2022 Chapter 44<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2023\/02\/H243.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">H243<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2023\/02\/H4566.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">H4566<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2023\/02\/S123.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">S123<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2023\/02\/S2616.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">S2616<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span>2. Committee Documents<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/malegislature.gov\/Events\/Hearings\/Detail\/3916\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities Hearing &#8211; Sept. 15, 2021<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2023\/02\/Rep.-Tricia-Farley-Bouvier-Written-Testimony-for-H243S123.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rep. Tricia Farley-Bouvier Written Testimony for H243\/S123<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2023\/02\/Childrens-League-of-Massachusetts-Written-Testimony-for-H243S123.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Children&#8217;s League of Massachusetts Written Testimony for H243\/S123<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2023\/02\/Office-of-the-Child-Advocate-Written-Testimony-for-H243S123.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Office of the Child Advocate Written Testimony for H243\/S123<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2023\/02\/18-Degrees-Written-Testimony-for-H243S123.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">18 Degrees Written Testimony for H243\/S123<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2023\/02\/Bill-Summary-H243S123.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bill Summary H243\/S123<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span>3. Floor Documents &amp; Conference Committee Documents<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2023\/02\/Senate-Journal-Thursday-Jan.-13-2022.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Senate Journal &#8211; Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2023\/02\/H243S123-On-Floor-Amendment.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">H243\/S123 &#8211; On Floor Amendment<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span>4. Executive Action Documents<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span>5. Press Reports (links only)<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/patch.com\/massachusetts\/framingham\/framingham-reps-bill-adoption-passes-legislature\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Framingham Rep&#8217;s Bill on Adoption Passes Legislature<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/patch.com\/massachusetts\/salem\/sen-lovelys-relative-adoption-law-sails-throw-legislature\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sen. Lovely&#8217;s Relative Adoption Law Sails Through Legislature<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourarlington.com\/support.html?view=article&amp;id=19869:bills-011522&amp;catid=359\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Friedman joins Senate&#8217;s OKs of homeless ID, relative-adoption bills<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.childrensleague.org\/expanding-access-to-adoption-passes-the-house-and-senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Expanding Access to Adoption Passes the House and Senate<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wbznewsradio.iheart.com\/content\/mass-senate-approves-close-relative-adoption-bill-moves-on-to-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mass. Senate Approves Close Relative Adoption Bill, Moves On To House<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/framinghamsource.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/13\/mass-senate-unanimously-passes-homeless-id-and-relative-adoption-bills\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mass Senate Unanimously Passes Homeless ID and Relative Adoption Bills<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonherald.com\/2022\/04\/09\/charlie-baker-signs-a-law-that-allows-older-relatives-to-adopt-younger-relatives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Charlie Baker signs a law that allows older relatives to adopt younger relatives<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Act Expanding Access to Adoption Legislative History Memorandum 1. \u00a0Procedural History and Bill Versions An Act Expanding Access to Adoption &#8211; Acts of 2022 Chapter 44 H243 H4566 S123 S2616 2. Committee Documents Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities Hearing &#8211; Sept. 15, 2021 Rep. Tricia Farley-Bouvier Written Testimony for H243\/S123 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21202,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/masslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3080"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/masslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/masslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/masslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21202"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/masslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3080"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/masslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3095,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/masslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3080\/revisions\/3095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/masslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/masslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/masslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}