Louisiana
Sealed: 1977
Unsealed: August 1, 2022
Access Status: Sealed
All Louisiana -born adoptees can obtain their OBC without restrictions or conditions. at the age of 24 (died to the state’s unique “forced heirship” law)
Genuine Contact Preference Form which does not affect the release of OBC
Louisiana’s New Equal Rights Law: FAQ from The Adoptee Rights Law Center
How to obtain your Louisiana Original Birth Certificate. Information and forms.
Due to how adoption information is stored, the process will be MAIL IN only.
Completed forms can be mailed once the webpage goes live; however, requests cannot be processed until August 1, which is the effective date of Act 470.
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- 2022 Legislation: HB450 (OBC)
- 2021 Legislation: HB218 (Safe Haven Baby Boxes)
- 2020 Legislation: HB172 (Safe Haven Baby Boxes)
- 2019 Legislation: HB108 (Safe Haven Baby Boxes)
2002: Bastards by the Bayou Conference, New Orleans
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Louisiana Gang, March 28, 2022
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LINKS
For more updates and more news stories go
the Louisiana Coalition for Adoption Reform on Facebook.
2023
Adopted Louisianans celebrate La. law granting access to original birth certificates, KALB-TV, April 12, 2023
2022
Access to original birth certificates restored for adoptees in Louisiana, WGNO-TV, August 1, 2022
- August 2, 2022: Louisiana OBCs Officially Unsealed!, Bastard Nation, August 1, 2022
- Congratulations, Louisiana! #12 to Acknowledge Adoptee Equality, Bastard Nation, June 22, 2022
- Legislature votes to allow adopted people access to original birth certificates, The Advocate, June 3, 2022
- VIDEO: Senate debate and vote, June 3, 2022 (marker: 1:19)
- Legislation allowing adopted adults access to birth certificate awaits final passage KPLC-TV, June 1, 2022
- VIDEO: a. lawmakers taking up bill for adopted children to access birth certificates, Fox 8-TV, May 31, 2022
- Limited Action Alert: Louisiana HB 450. Senate Floor Vote This Week. Do Pass. Bastard Nation, May 28, 2022
- HB 450: Louisiana One Step Closer to OBC Restoration, Bastard Nation, May 28, 2022
- Can adopted people see their original birth certificates in Louisiana? A bill would allow it, Daily Advertiser, May 25, 2022
- HB 450 set to make birth certificates accessible for adoptees, clears Senate committee, WKLB-TV, May 24, 2022
- Louisiana closer to allowing adoptees access to original birth certificates. Baton Rouge Advocate, May 24, 2022
- Bill to give adoptees access to birth certificates advances to Senate floor, Louisiana Illuminator, May 24, 2022
- VIDEO: Senate Judiciary Committee A Hearing and vote. Passed 4-2, May 24, 2022
- Birth parents group backs bill for access to birth certificates, Baton Rouge Advocate, May 23, 2022
- Bastard Nation Letter to Louisiana Senate Judiciary Committee A. HB450: Do Pass, May 20, 2022
- Bastard Nation Action Alert: Louisiana HB 4http://bastards.org/bastard-nation-letter-to-louisiana-senate-judiciary-committee-a-hb250-do-pass/50. Senate Judiciary A. Vote Do Pass!, May 17, 2022
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Letters: State Representative: Clearing the air on restoring adoptee rights, The Advocate, April 24, 2022
- Letters: Adopted adults should have access to their own “chapter one, by Elise Lewis, The Advocate, April 2, 2022
- Louisiana adoptees closer to accessing original birth certificates, Louisiana Illuminator, March 29, 2022
- Louisiana adoptees closer to accessing original birth certificates, The Advocate, March 28, 2022
- House vote delayed on Louisiana adoption birth certificate bill. Louisiana Illuminator, March 24, 2022
- Bastard Nation Letter to Full House in Support of HB 450, March 24, 2022
- Bill to provide adopted people access to birth certificates advances to Louisiana House, Louisiana Illuminator
- March 21, 2022
- Proposal giving Louisiana adoptees access to birth records advances: ‘A liberty and freedom thing’, The Advocate, March 21, 2022
- VIDEO Civil Law and Procedure Committee hearing and vote on HB 450, March 21, 2022. (Marker 43:20-158:00)
- Louisiana HB 450: A giant step for Louisiana. Passed out of Civil Law and Procedure Committee (includes BN submitted testimony, March 21, 2022
2018
- SB 392 introduced. Original Filed Version Digest (the difference between current law and proposed changes). March 1-12, 2018
2016
- Louisiana SB 392 Deferred. Bastard Nation Testimony in Opposition, April 24, 2016
- Joint Adoptee Rights Law Center and Bastad Nation Action Alert. Oppose SB 392, April 23, 2016
- Letter to Louisiana Civil Law and Procedures Committee: Oppose HB391 by Marley Greiner, Exe Chair Bastard Nation, Daily Bastardette, April 12, 2016
- Action Alert for Committee on Civil Law and Procedure, April 11, 2016
2014
- Bastard Nation Letter to LA Senate Judiciary, Kill HB 1028, April 24, 2014
- Bastard Nation Action Alert: Stop LA HB1028 from being heard in the Senate, April 22, 2014
2004
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- Updated November 2018 Bastard Nation Action Alert: Defeat HB372. Contains Confidential Intermediary, Disclosure Veto, and Mandatory Counseling, March 25, 2004
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