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House Journal: Page 875: Tuesday, March 24, 1998

The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared
to have passed the House and the title was agreed to.
IMMEDIATE MESSAGES
Siegrist of Pottawattamie asked and received unanimous consent
that the following bills be immediately messaged to the Senate:
Senate Files 2367, 2301 and 2090.
Unfinished Business Calendar
Senate File 2338, a bill for an act relating to the entities
responsible for assisting in international adoptions, with
report of committee recommending amendment and passage, was
taken up for consideration.
Carroll of Poweshiek offered amendment H-8490 filed by the
committee on human resources and requested division as follows:

H-8490

 1     Amend Senate File 2338 as passed by the Senate, as
 2   follows:

H-8490A

 3     1.  Page 1, by inserting before line 1, the
 4   following:
 5     "Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  600.12A  DEATH OF PERSON
 6   TO BE ADOPTED - FINAL ADOPTION DECREE.
 7     If the person to be adopted dies prior to issuance
 8   of a final adoption decree, the court may waive the
 9   minimum residence requirements pursuant to section
10   600.10, proceed to the adoption hearing, and issue a
11   final adoption decree establishing the parent-child
12   relationship between the adoption petitioner and the
13   deceased person pursuant to section 600.13."

H-8490B

14     2.  Page 1, by striking line 23 and inserting the
15   following:  "defined in section 238.2, a person making
16   an independent placement as defined in section 600A.2,
17   or an".

H-8490A

18     3.  Title page, line 1, by inserting after the
19   word "to" the following:  "adoption, including
20   establishing provisions for adoptions in which the
21   person to be adopted dies prior to the issuance of a
22   final adoption decree and including provisions

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