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Adult adoptees; access to vital records. Requires the State Registrar to provide adult adoptees access to their birth certificate upon request, provided that the requester submits an application, proof of identification, and payment and that the original birth certificate is not the certificate of birth in use, subject to amendment, or used by an individual for legal purposes. The bill directs the State Registrar to make a contact preference form available to birth parents that allows them to indicate their preference for contact by the adopted person, to be stored with the adopted person's birth certificate and provided upon the adopted person's request for the birth certificate. This bill incorporates HB 664.
Introduced
Jan 9, 2026
Last Action
Mar 14, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 4 co
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026
Signed by Speaker
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB301ER)
Enrolled
Signed by President
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB301)
Passed Senate (28-Y 12-N 0-A)
Passed Senate (33-Y 7-N 0-A)
Passed by for the day
Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
Read third time
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
Rules suspended
Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (13-Y 1-N 1-A)
Rereferred from Education and Health to Rehabilitation and Social Services (13-Y 0-N)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB301)
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
Read third time and passed House (84-Y 10-N 0-A)
Engrossed by House - committee substitute
committee substitute agreed to
Read second time
Read first time
Incorporates HB664 (Walker)
Substitute bill reprinted 26105811D
Committee substitute printed 26105811D-H1
Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (16-Y 6-N)
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 2-N)
House subcommittee offered
Assigned sub: Health
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB301)
Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101925D
Get a plain-English explanation of what this bill does, who it affects, and why it matters.
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026