Texas State Representative Gina Calanni issued the following press release to announce the introduction of HB2725, a bill that will restoring the rights of adult adoptees.
Rep. Calanni Files a Clean Bill in the House
HB2725 will restore a right that has been restricted in Texas since 1957: the right of all Texas-born adult adoptees to receive their own original birth certificates upon request. TXARC has worked with Rep. Calanni to assure a clean and unrestricted bill.
Questions? Ask Here
The Texas Adoptee Rights Coalition is open and transparent about its work and the people who do that work. Go ahead, ask us.
Thanks, Sen. Creighton and Rep. Calanni
It’s not easy to get a bill—especially a clean adoptee rights bill—drafted, agreed upon, and sponsored by representatives and senators in Texas who stand steadfastly behind it.
TXARC Welcomes Reclaim the Records to Our Fight
Reclaim The Records, a national organization that has been instrumental in securing the release of over twenty-eight million public records, has joined TXARC as a strategic partner.
We Have A Draft Bill
After painstaking work with legislators and legislative staff that began in the fall, we now have a solid draft of a clean adoptee rights bill in Texas.