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Committee advances bill to give pre-2022 adoptees access to birth records with contact protections
Summary
The Senate Judiciary & Rules Committee voted to send House Bill 47 to the Senate floor with a due-pass recommendation. The bill would allow adoptees adopted before July 1, 2022, to request birth records after they turn 18 while preserving a notification-and-redaction process for birth parents.
The Senate Judiciary & Rules Committee on Feb. 26 advanced House Bill 47 to the Senate floor with a due-pass recommendation, sending the measure on despite one recorded no vote in committee.
House Bill 47 would allow persons adopted before July 1, 2022, to request their original birth records once they reach age 18. The bill preserves an initial notification step by the Department of Vital Statistics to the birth parent, and gives that parent the option to request that their name be redacted for up to five years or to stipulate how they prefer to be contacted.
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