This morning SB23–now Sub(stitute) Bill 23, sailed through the Ohio Senate Medicaid, Health, and Human Services Committee, 8-0. No substantive changes to the bill were made, but several amendments were added to clarify procedures in the original …
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Ohio Report: Proponent Testimony for SB23, April 17, 2013
I’m late in getting this posted, but I wanted to file a short report on the April 17 hearing for SB23 at the Ohio Senate Medicaid, Health, and Human Services Committee. You can also read an update on …
Continue readingWrite Washington Governor Inslee Today! Kill HB 1525!
Washington HB1525 passed the Senate and is on its way to the governor’s desk. If signed, it will promote and continue the state’s sealed records system and deny the right of all Washington adoptees to their original …
Continue readingOhio Breaking News: House Passes HB61
The Ohio House today voted 94-1 with 2 abstentions to pass HB61 which restores the unrestricted right of OBC access to those in Ohio adopted between January 1, 1964-September 17, 1996. It’s companion in the Senate is pending. …
Continue readingWashington: Legislators Discriminate Against Adopted by Lori Jeske
The State of Washington continues to prohibit adult citizens who were adopted from unrestricted and unconditional access to their own original birth certificate. In the 1940s the state starting sealing some birth certificates and over …
Continue readingWashington Battleground: The Annual Murder of Adoptee Rights Continues
For more than 20 years the State of Washington has been a battle ground for adoptee rights. Some years good bills go bad or bad bills go good; (for awhile); other years bad bills go …
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