Adult adoptee access to original birth certificate; contact preference form.
Summary
Adult adoptee access to original birth certificate; contact preference form. Allows the State Registrar to provide, upon written request, any adult adopted person access to his original birth certificate. The bill allows a birth parent to indicate whether they would like to be contacted by an adoptee on a contact preference form provided by the State Registrar that shall accompany the adoptee's original birth certificate, which shall be released to an adopted person when he requests his original birth certificate.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 7, 2025
Last action Feb 22, 2025
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What changed between versions
Introduced
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Health and Human Services Substitute
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1 edit
MINOR
The bill text has been reformatted from an original introduction to a House substitute version, with minor wording adjustments to the sealing of adoption records. The substantive policy regarding adult adoptee access to original birth certificates remains unchanged.
TECHNICAL
Minor formatting changes and slight wording adjustments to adoption record sealing provisions in § 32.1-261, but no substantive policy changes to eligibility, access rights, or procedures.
Floor votes · House of Delegates Feb 3, 2025
How they voted
99–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 100
Feb 3, 2025
D
Democratic51
100% Yea
R
Republican49
97% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
3
Committee
5
Feb 11, 2025
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Health
upper
Feb 4, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Feb 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 14, 2025
Committee
Assigned sub: Behavioral Health
lower
Jan 7, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
lower
1 primary · 4 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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