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House approves measure to expand adoptee access to birth records, with opt-out preserved
Summary
The House passed Second Substitute House Bill 256 to strengthen Utah’s mutual-consent adoption registry and provide increased access to birth certificates and medical records when birth parents permit it; the measure passed 56–16 after floor amendments clarifying scope and preservation of a mother’s choice.
The Utah House passed Second Substitute House Bill 256 on March 3, a measure aimed at expanding access to adoption records while preserving a birth parent’s ability to keep records closed.
Representative Sandra Nielsen, sponsor of the bill, moved several amendments on the floor to ensure the bill would not conflict with the existing legal safe-haven provision that allows a mother to…
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