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IntroducedFeb 16, 2023
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Passed Assembly
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Passed Senate
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Signed into Law
Vital records: adopted persons and original birth certificates.
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Assembly • Jan 03, 2024: In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
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Comments on AB 1302
Mara Parker wrote 6 months ago
ssemblymembers Tom Lackey, Diane Dixon, Heath Flora, and Gail Pellerin: AB 1302 has been promoted as a bill that will help people adopted in California to get copies of our Original Birth Certificates. Instead, AB 1302 will require adoptees to go to court (not vital records like non-adoptees) to request copies of our OBC’s. The bill also requires the permission of both of our biological parents to have their names remain on our copies of our OBC’s. If they don’t give permission, then their names are omitted from our OBC’s. Non-adoptees don’t have to ask permission from their biological parents to have their names remain on their OBC’s! Why do California legislators think that adult adoptees have to do this since our biological parents were never legally promised anonymity or privacy from us? AB 1302 is discriminatory and treats adoptees as second class citizens. It must be completely re-written. Please amend AB 1302 to read: All people adopted in California may request copies of their Original Birth Certificates upon the age of 18 or after from the vital records office that issued the documents when they were born. The fee shall be the same amount that non-adopted persons pay for their Original Birth Certificates. You authored California State Assembly Bill AB 1302 with good intentions but it actually makes things worse for adoptees seeking access to our Original Birth Certificates. Please do the right thing and amend this bill. Help us get equal access to our Original Birth Certificates as non-adoptees have. You have the power to stop the discrimination of over a million people. Thank you.
ssemblymembers Tom Lackey, Diane Dixon, Heath Flora, and Gail Pellerin: AB 1302 has been promoted as a bill that will help people adopted in California to get copies of our Original Birth Certificates. Instead, AB 1302 will require adoptees to go to court (not vital records like non-adoptees) to request copies of our OBC’s. The bill also requires the permission of both of our biological parents to have their names remain on our copies of our OBC’s. If they don’t give permission, then their names are omitted from our OBC’s. Non-adoptees don’t have to ask permission from their biological parents to have their names remain on their OBC’s! Why do California legislators think that adult adoptees have to do this since our biological parents were never legally promised anonymity or privacy from us? AB 1302 is discriminatory and treats adoptees as second class citizens. It must be completely re-written. Please amend AB 1302 to read: All people adopted in California may request copies of their Original Birth Certificates upon the age of 18 or after from the vital records office that issued the documents when they were born. The fee shall be the same amount that non-adopted persons pay for their Original Birth Certificates. You authored California State Assembly Bill AB 1302 with good intentions but it actually makes things worse for adoptees seeking access to our Original Birth Certificates. Please do the right thing and amend this bill. Help us get equal access to our Original Birth Certificates as non-adoptees have. You have the power to stop the discrimination of over a million people. Thank you.
Emily Bernhardt Troper wrote 6 months ago
Conditional access legislation (like AB1302) is an affront to the dignity of adopted adults. Adult adopted persons have an unconditional right to access the records of their birth in the same manner as any other citizen. ALL of the adoptee rights groups (and birthparent rights groups) OPPOSE this bill - and there is a reason they do. This is NOT a step in the right direction for adult adopted persons. Otherwise the dozens of Adoptee Rights groups would be in favor. Having access to our record of birth is NOT about reunion or contact with birthparents. It is about our right to our own birth certificate. Many of us have been in reunion for dozens of years. We now have DNA testing which is far more effective and accurate for both making contact if desired and background history including medical/health information.
Conditional access legislation (like AB1302) is an affront to the dignity of adopted adults. Adult adopted persons have an unconditional right to access the records of their birth in the same manner as any other citizen. ALL of the adoptee rights groups (and birthparent rights groups) OPPOSE this bill - and there is a reason they do. This is NOT a step in the right direction for adult adopted persons. Otherwise the dozens of Adoptee Rights groups would be in favor. Having access to our record of birth is NOT about reunion or contact with birthparents. It is about our right to our own birth certificate. Many of us have been in reunion for dozens of years. We now have DNA testing which is far more effective and accurate for both making contact if desired and background history including medical/health information.
Rae Wood wrote 6 months ago
Every human has the right to their own vital records. Honesty is always the best policy. Everybody has the right to the truth.
Every human has the right to their own vital records. Honesty is always the best policy. Everybody has the right to the truth.
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- Jan 03, 2024 | Assembly
- In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- Apr 18, 2023 | Assembly
- From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
- Mar 21, 2023 | Assembly
- In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- Mar 20, 2023 | Assembly
- Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
- Mar 16, 2023 | Assembly
- From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended.
- Mar 02, 2023 | Assembly
- Referred to Coms. on JUD. and HEALTH.
- Feb 17, 2023 | Assembly
- From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- Feb 16, 2023 | Assembly
- Read first time. To print.
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