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HCR047.....................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
NATIONAL ADOPTION DAY - Stating findings of the Legislature; recognizing
the principles represented by National Adoption Day; and urging that Idaho
courts, attorneys and social service organizations join in the promotion of
adoption and that, particularly on the Saturday preceding Thanksgiving,
seek to complete the adoption process.
02/07 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/08 Rpt prt - to Jud
02/14 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/15 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/20 3rd rdg - ADOPTED, voice vote
Title apvd - to Senate
02/21 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to St Aff
02/28 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 10th Ord
03/01 10th ord - ADOPTED - voice vote
Title apvd - to House
03/04 To enrol
03/05 Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/06 Pres signed
To Secretary of State
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2002
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 47
BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
1 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
2 STATING FINDINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE AND RECOGNIZING AND URGING PARTICIPATION
3 IN NATIONAL ADOPTION DAY.
4 Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
5 WHEREAS, adoption is the realization of a dream, bringing a child together
6 with a family which will change the course of his or her life; and
7 WHEREAS, statistics show that the rates of high school dropouts for chil-
8 dren in foster care is more than fifty percent, and nearly one-third of chil-
9 dren who grow up in foster care will spend time in jail; and
10 WHEREAS, too many children remain in foster care while there are adopting
11 families also waiting; and
12 WHEREAS, a particularly large number of children with special needs remain
13 in foster care, including sibling groups, children with emotional or physical
14 impairments, minorities and older children; and
15 WHEREAS, about 600,000 children are in foster care nationwide, with about
16 127,000 eligible for adoption; and
17 WHEREAS, National Adoption Day takes place on the Saturday preceding
18 Thanksgiving each year, and participating jurisdictions place special emphasis
19 upon completing adoptions on that day including waiver of attorney's fees and
20 court filing fees; and
21 WHEREAS, Idaho strongly concurs in the goals that every child deserves a
22 safe, permanent family and that a child's health and safety should be of para-
23 mount consideration.
24 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the Second Regular Ses-
25 sion of the Fifty-sixth Idaho Legislature, the House of Representatives and
26 the Senate concurring therein that, on behalf of the people of Idaho and par-
27 ticularly those children in foster care still awaiting their opportunity to
28 join a permanent family and the families which will become complete when their
29 adopted child joins with them, we recognize the principles represented by
30 National Adoption Day and we urge that Idaho courts, attorneys and social ser-
31 vice organizations join in the promotion of adoption and, particularly on
32 National Adoption Day, seek to complete the adoption process.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 11962
The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to recognize the
Saturday preceding Thanksgiving Day each year as National Adoption
Day and to urge the Idaho courts, attorneys and social service
organizations to promote adoption of those children for whom
adoptive families are most difficult to find. The resolution
further encourages those adoptions to be completed on National
Adoption Day.
FISCAL IMPACT
The resolution will have no fiscal impact on state funds. Courts
will be encouraged to waive court fees for the completion of
adoptions conducted on National Adoption Day, but the waiver is
voluntary.
Contact
Name: Rep. Kent A. Higgins
Phone: 208 332-1000
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE HCR 47