HB301
Adult adoptees; access to vital records.
Status:
In Senate
Latest Action:
Jan. 29, 2026
Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
Chief Patron:
Katrina Callsen (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. Adult adoptees; access to vital records.
Requires the State Registrar to provide adult adoptees access to their birth certificate upon request. The bill directs the State Registrar to make a contact preference form available to birth parents that allows them to indicate their preference for contact by the adopted person. Such form is stored with the ... (More) adopted person's birth certificate and provided upon the adopted person's request of the birth certificate. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/09/2026 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101925D
- 01/09/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
- 01/14/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB301)
- 01/16/2026 - House: Assigned sub: Health
- 01/19/2026 - House: Placed on Health and Human Services Agenda
- 01/20/2026 - House: House subcommittee offered
- 01/20/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 2-N)
- 01/20/2026 - House: Placed on Health and Human Services Agenda
- 01/22/2026 - House: Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (16-Y 6-N)
- 01/22/2026 - House: Incorporates HB664 (Walker)
- 01/22/2026 - House: Committee substitute printed 26105811D-H1
- 01/22/2026 - House: Substitute bill reprinted 26105811D
- 01/26/2026 - House: Read first time
- 01/27/2026 - House: Read second time
- 01/27/2026 - House: committee substitute agreed to
- 01/27/2026 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 01/28/2026 - House: Read third time and passed House (84-Y 10-N 0-A)
- 01/29/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 01/29/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
