Lead Sponsors: Representative Sharon Ray and Representative Rachel Baker
Status: Passed the House 94-0 (June 27, 2023), 1st Hearing in Senate Judiciary (December 6, 2023)
Description: The bill makes many changes to Ohio's adoption laws. One of the provisions that pertain to counties ins allowing public children services agencies to accept voluntary permanent surrender of a child by the child's parents while the child is in the agency's temporary custody,
CCAO Position: No position (as of July 2024)
Other Notes: The Ohio Judicial Conference provided proponent testimony in House Families and Aging.