HB 301 — Adult adoptees; access to vital records.
VA 20261 session
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.
Latest action: — Acts of Assembly Chapter
Sponsors (5)
- Katrina Callsen (D, VA) — sponsor
- Debra D. Gardner (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Karen Keys-Gamarra (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Wendell S. Walker (R, VA) — cosponsor
- Phil M. Hernandez (D, VA) — cosponsor
Action timeline (45)
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Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Katrina Callsen (D, state_lower VA) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Debra D. Gardner (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Karen Keys-Gamarra (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Phil M. Hernandez (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Wendell S. Walker (R, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
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Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no