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IN SB0236

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/3/2019

Primary Sponsor

Aaron Freeman

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Origin

Senate

2019 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Amends IC 35-46-1-21 to add a new exemption to Indiana's unauthorized adoption advertising statute, effective July 1, 2019

  • Prospective adoptive parents may place adoption advertisements on their own behalf without violating the law

  • Current law restricts adoption advertising to licensed Indiana attorneys and licensed child placing agencies, with violations constituting a Level 6 felony

  • Existing exemptions for federal agencies and the Indiana Department of Child Services remain unchanged

  • Attorneys and agencies placing ads must still include their license numbers in advertisements

Legislative Description

Unauthorized adoption advertising. Provides that the unauthorized adoption advertising statute does not apply to a prospective adoptive parent who places an advertisement on their own behalf.

Last Action

First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary

1/3/2019

Committee Referrals

Judiciary1/3/2019

Full Bill Text

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