CA SB807

Repeals Chapter 1.5 of the Family Code relating to adoption facilitators, eliminating the registration, bonding, and regulatory framework for independent adoption facilitators.

Prohibits any person or organization from advertising for adoptions, soliciting parties to adoptions, locating children for adoption, or acting as intermediaries unless they are licensed adoption agencies or attorneys licensed to practice law in California.

Prohibits charging fees for adoption-related services including locating children or acting as intermediaries unless the person or organization is a licensed adoption agency or California-licensed attorney.

Amends adoption disclosure requirements to simplify accounting reports for adoption-related expenses submitted to courts.

Repeals provisions exempting attorneys from adoption facilitator regulations and repeals requirements for adoption facilitators in convention adoptions.