2025 Regular SessionVirginia Legislature

HB2093: Adult adoptee access to original birth certificate; contact preference form.

Legislative 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.

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Bill History

1/7/2025
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104215D
House of Delegates
1/7/2025
Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
House of Delegates
1/14/2025
Assigned sub: Behavioral Health
House of Delegates
1/23/2025
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N)
House of Delegates
1/28/2025
Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
House of Delegates
1/28/2025
Committee substitute printed 25105887D-H1
House of Delegates
1/28/2025
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2093)
House of Delegates
1/30/2025
Read first time
House of Delegates
1/31/2025
Read second time
House of Delegates
1/31/2025
Health and Human Services Substitute agreed to
House of Delegates
1/31/2025
Engrossed by House - committee substitute
House of Delegates
2/3/2025
Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N)
House of Delegates
2/3/2025
Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
House of Delegates
2/3/2025
Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N)
House of Delegates
2/4/2025
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Senate
2/4/2025
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
Senate
2/11/2025
Assigned Education sub: Health
Senate
2/22/2025
Left in Education and Health
Senate

Amendments

Education and Health Subcommittee Amendment

Education and Health Subcommittee Amendment

Not Adopted

Education and Health Amendment

Education and Health Amendment

Not Adopted

Roll Call Votes

Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N)
2/3/2025
98
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
2
Absent
Result: PASSED
Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N)
2/3/2025
99
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED
Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
1/28/2025
22
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N)
1/23/2025
6
Yea
2
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Engrossed(1/31/2025)
Chamber
Senate
Committee
Education and Health(Senate)

Documents

Comm Sub
Bill Text1/28/202523.6 KB
Comm Sub
Bill Text1/24/202523.5 KB
Introduced
Bill Text1/7/202523.3 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis1/28/2025111.6 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis1/13/2025107.1 KB