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Senate committee advances bill to give adult adoptees access to pre-2022 birth records
Summary
The Senate Judiciary and Rules Committee voted to send House Bill 47 to the Senate floor with a due-pass recommendation after sponsors and witnesses said the measure would give adult adoptees adopted before July 1, 2022, access to their birth records once they turn 18.
The Senate Judiciary and Rules Committee voted to send House Bill 47 to the Senate floor with a due-pass recommendation after sponsors and witnesses described the measure as a way to give adult adoptees access to birth records that are currently closed.
Senator Brandon Shippey, sponsor (Legislative District 9), told the committee that “this legislation makes birth records available to adoptees who were adopted prior to 07/01/2022, once they reach the age of 18.” Representative Barbara Ehart (R‑33) and Representative Julianne Young, who sponsored the concept previously, testified in support. Young told personal stories and described…
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