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Senate keeps closed adoption default but allows birth parents to opt in to share records
Summary
Senators advanced first substitute SB77 on adoption records: the bill preserves closed adoptions as the default but lets birth parents elect (and later change) whether to make identifying information and medical records available to adoptees; sponsors said the Office of Vital Records will hold and process the election.
Senators debated first substitute Senate Bill 77, which the sponsor described as maintaining a closed-adoption default while allowing birth parents to opt in to making identifying information—such as medical records—available to adult adoptees and adoptive families.
Senator Weiler, the sponsor, said the bill keeps the default closed but permits a birth parent, at the time of placement or later, to file a written election with the Office of Vital Records to make specific information available. "The…
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