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Committee hears interim study on adoption practices after trafficking allegations; supporters urge licensing, conflict‑of‑interest rules and open adoption talks
Summary
Representative Penzo and Josh Bryant briefed the committee on an interim study (linked to Act 1022) prompted by arrests in multiple states; testimony described alleged trafficking and living conditions for pregnant women and urged a study of conflicts of interest, limits on payments to biological parents, licensing of facilitators, jurisdictional tightening and consideration of open adoptions.
Representative Penzo introduced an interim study proposal (ISP) and Josh Bryant summarized the study’s scope, urging the committee to examine conflicts of interest and regulatory gaps in private adoptions after recent arrests and indictments in multiple states.
Bryant described investigators’ encounters with women who said they had been treated like property, referenced reported living conditions (multiple pregnant women housed together, some sleeping on floors), and recounted reporting from federal prosecutors about alleged trafficking‑style conduct. In testimony Bryant said, quoting the U.S.…
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