Vital records: adoptees’ birth certificates.
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Overview
This bill changes California’s vital records laws to allow adopted people, and their descendants, to obtain original birth certificates. Starting July 1, 2028, the State Registrar will provide copies of these certificates upon request, and also require the State Registrar to create and make available a contact preference form to birth parents, allowing them to specify how they’d like to be contacted by their child or grandchild. The bill also removes an exception that previously required adopted birth certificates to omit information about the birth parents’ race and place of birth.
Key provisions
- Allows adopted people and their descendants to request original birth certificates.
- Requires the State Registrar to provide a copy of the original birth certificate upon request, starting July 1, 2028.
- Mandates the creation and availability of a contact preference form for birth parents to indicate their contact preferences.
- Removes the requirement for adopted birth certificates to omit the place of birth and the race/color of the parents.
- Establishes a process for requesting an original birth certificate.
- Requires the State Registrar to create and make available a contact preference form to birth parents.
- Specifies that the original birth certificate may not be used for identification purposes.
- Repeals the authorization for amended birth certificates that omit the city and county of birth and the color and race of the parents.
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