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Committee backs bill to let adult adoptees access birth records retroactively
Summary
The Senate Judiciary & Rules Committee voted to send House Bill 47 to the Senate floor with a "due pass" recommendation. The bill would permit adoptees born before July 1, 2022, to request their original birth records once they turn 18, with a notification process and limited redaction options for birth parents.
The Senate Judiciary & Rules Committee voted to send House Bill 47 to the Senate floor with a due-pass recommendation after testimony from the bill's sponsors and supporters.
Representative Barbara Ehart, R-33, and Senator Brandon Shippey, R-9, described the bill as a measure to allow adoptees who were adopted before July 1, 2022, to access their birth records after they reach age 18. Representative Julianne Young, the bill's original sponsor, told the committee the change is intended to balance adoptees' interest in health and identity information with birth parents' privacy.
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