Adult adoptee access to original birth certificate; contact preference form.

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 will accompany the adoptee's original birth certificate, to be released to an adopted person when he requests his original birth cer…

Source: OpenStates · fetched January 22, 2026

• Adoptive or foster parentdirectMajor impactHigh certainty

  Adult adoptees will have access to their original birth certificates.

  “Allows the State Registrar to provide, upon written request, any adult adopted person access to his original birth certificate.”· Adult adoptee access to original birth certificate

• Parent / guardiandirectModerate impactHigh certainty

  Birth parents will have the option to indicate their contact preferences regarding adoptees seeking their original birth certificates.

  “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 will accompany the adoptee's original birth certificate”· contact preference form