Jimmy Jeffress Did Not Vote on this Legislation.
Title: Adoption and Foster Care Restrictions
Vote to pass a bill limiting the adoption and foster care of children to married couples, unmarried persons who are not cohabitating, and relatives of the child.
- Prohibits adoption of children by a person eligible to adopt, if that person is a homosexual [Sec. 1(b)]. - Prohibits unmarried adults, who are cohabitating but not legally married from becoming foster parents, with an exception for relatives of the child [Sec. 2(b)]. - Defines that a person eligible to be a foster parent may not be a foster parent if that person is a homosexual [Sec. 2(d)]. - Emergency Clause: Takes effect immediately upon passage [Sec. 3].
Title: Adoption and Foster Care Restrictions
Vote to pass a bill limiting the adoption and foster care of children to married couples, unmarried persons who are not cohabitating, and relatives of the child.
- Prohibits adoption of children by a person eligible to adopt, if that person is a homosexual [Sec. 1(b)]. - Prohibits unmarried adults, who are cohabitating but not legally married from becoming foster parents, with an exception for relatives of the child [Sec. 2(b)]. - Defines that a person eligible to be a foster parent may not be a foster parent if that person is a homosexual [Sec. 2(d)]. - Emergency Clause: Takes effect immediately upon passage [Sec. 3].