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IN HB1513
Bill
Status
2/17/2017
Primary Sponsor
Julie Olthoff
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AI Summary
HB 1513 Summary
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Increases the allowable payment limit for adoption-related expenses from $3,000 to $4,000, applied to costs including housing, utilities, maternity clothing, travel, and other necessary living expenses for the birth mother.
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Elevates "adoption deception" from a Class A misdemeanor to a Level 6 felony, covering cases where someone knowingly benefits from adoption expenses while not pregnant, concealing multiple prospective adoptive parents, or not intending to place a child.
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Elevates "unauthorized adoption advertising" from a Class A misdemeanor to a Level 6 felony for persons who knowingly or intentionally violate restrictions on adoption advertising without proper licensing.
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Amends the definition of "advertisement" to include print, digital, radio, television, and outdoor advertising (previously limited to telephone directories).
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Requires attorneys and licensed child placing agencies to inform birth mothers of penalties for adoption deception before transferring adoption-related expense payments.
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Effective July 1, 2017.
Legislative Description
Crimes involving adoption. Amends the criminal provision concerning unauthorized adoption advertising. Increases, from $3,000 to $4,000, the allowable payment for certain costs and expenses with respect to an adoption. Makes the following crimes a Level 6 felony (instead of a Class A misdemeanor): (1) Adoption deception. (2) Unauthorized adoption advertising.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
2/23/2017