2025 bills / H.B. 129
H.B. 129 Adoption Records Access Amendments (2025)
- Introduced
- House committee
- House vote
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
This bill would let a person who was adopted as a child get access to records about their adoption once they turn 18. It would also let a parent who existed before the adoption ask a court to keep those adoption records sealed, and it adjusts which court handles these matters.
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Official description
- allows an individual who is adopted as a minor child to access records associated with the individual's adoption if the individual is 18 years old or older
- amends the jurisdiction of the juvenile court
- allows a pre-existing parent to petition a court to keep the records associated with an individual's adoption sealed
- includes a coordination clause to address substantive and technical conflicts if this bill and S.B. 119, Domestic Relations Recodification, both pass and become law
- makes technical and conforming changes
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Every vote
- 9 yes, 1 no, 1 absentHouse Judiciary Committee: vote to approve it · Jan 29, 2025Who voted how
- 72 yes, 0 no, 3 absentFinal House vote · Feb 7, 2025Who voted how
- 4 yes, 0 no, 3 absentSenate Health and Human Services Committee: vote to change the bill · Feb 13, 2025Who voted how
- 4 yes, 0 no, 3 absentSenate Health and Human Services Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 13, 2025Who voted how
- 19 yes, 0 no, 10 absentFirst of two Senate votes · Feb 19, 2025Who voted how
- 24 yes, 0 no, 5 absentFinal Senate vote · Feb 20, 2025Who voted how
- 65 yes, 1 no, 9 absentHouse vote to accept the other chamber's changes · Feb 21, 2025Who voted how