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Committee amends and advances bill restoring adult adoptees’ access to original birth certificates
Summary
House Bill 2-093 would allow adult adoptees in Virginia to obtain their original birth certificates; the subcommittee adopted an amendment adding an explicit option to indicate and preserve birth parent anonymity and reported the bill 6-0.
House Bill 2-093 would restore adult adoptees’ ability to obtain original birth certificates in the Commonwealth. The bill narrows its scope to adoption cases (excluding surrogacy) and adds a contact preference form that allows birth parents to indicate whether they wish to be contacted, and whether they wish to remain anonymous, with the option to…
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