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VA HB 664

died on adjournment

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

Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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

  • Wendell S. Walkerprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

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)

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB664

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