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Committee approves small change to adoptee registry law to protect registered birth-parent privacy
Summary
House Bill 422 adds a sentence clarifying that a registered birth parent's name and other personally identifying information on the voluntary adoptee–birth-parent registry should be protected when the birth parent requests not to be contacted; the committee sent the bill to the floor with a due-pass recommendation.
Representative Alfieri presented House Bill 422 as a brief, technical clarification to the adoption registry law enacted earlier. The registry is voluntary and allows adoptees and birth parents to contribute information to help reconnect families. Alfieri told the committee the new language on page 3, line 19 "requests that the registered birth parent's name and any other personally identifying information" be protected when a birth parent does not want to be contacted.
Nut graf: The bill adds a short privacy-protection sentence to the registry statute enacted in 2024 (the earlier adoption bill), intended to protect birth parents who do not wish to be contacted while preserving the registry for those who voluntarily participate.
Representative Scott moved to send HB 422 to the floor with a due-pass recommendation. The committee approved the motion unanimously.
Ending: The measure will go to the House floor with a due-pass recommendation.
