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VA HB 664

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

Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did VA HB 664 pass?

The current status of VA HB 664 is not known from the official record. Latest recorded action (2026-01-22): Incorporated by Health and Human Services (HB301-Callsen) (Voice Vote)

What is VA HB 664 about?

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 certificate.

Who sponsors VA HB 664?

Wendell S. Walker is the primary sponsor of VA HB 664.

Description

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 certificate.

Introduced
2026-01-13
Latest action
2026-01-22 — Incorporated by Health and Human Services (HB301-Callsen) (Voice Vote)
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Sponsors

  • Wendell S. Walkerprimary

Committees

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Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-13

    Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102242D

    filing,introduction

  2. 2026-01-13

    Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-01-20

    Subcommittee recommends incorporating (Voice Vote)

  4. 2026-01-22

    Incorporated by Health and Human Services (HB301-Callsen) (Voice Vote)

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Related bills

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