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IN HB1014
Bill
Status
5/1/2019
Primary Sponsor
Gerald Torr
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AI Summary
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Adds exemption allowing Indiana residents seeking to adopt a child on their own behalf to place adoption advertisements without being subject to unauthorized adoption advertising restrictions
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Removes requirement that attorneys include their attorney number in adoption advertisements
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Removes requirement that licensed child placing agencies include their license number in adoption advertisements
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Maintains restriction that only Indiana-licensed attorneys and child placing agencies may place adoption advertisements (with noted exemptions for federal agencies, Indiana Department of Child Services, and now individual Indiana residents)
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Unauthorized adoption advertising remains a Level 6 felony for knowing or intentional violations
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Declared an emergency, effective upon passage
Legislative Description
Unauthorized adoption advertising. Provides that the unauthorized adoption advertising statute does not apply to an Indiana resident seeking to adopt a child on the resident's own behalf. Removes a provision that requires an attorney licensed to practice in Indiana and a child placing agency licensed under the laws of Indiana to include certain information in an advertisement regarding adoption. Makes conforming amendments.
Last Action
Public Law 163
5/1/2019