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PA HB536
Bill
Status
2/10/2025
Primary Sponsor
Tarah Probst
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AI Summary
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Amends Title 23 (Domestic Relations) to change the definition of "noncertified copy of original birth record" from a summary document to a full photocopy marked "This is not a certified copy of a birth record"
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Removes the requirement that adoptees must have graduated high school, completed a GED, or legally withdrawn from secondary school before requesting their original birth record—only the age 18 requirement remains
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Eliminates the entire birth parent name redaction request system, which previously allowed birth parents to have their names removed from noncertified copies of original birth records provided to adoptees
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Allows adoptees' descendants to request the noncertified copy of original birth record if the adoptee is deceased
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Takes effect 60 days after enactment
Legislative Description
In decrees and records, further providing for definitions and for original birth record.
Last Action
Referred to Health
2/10/2025