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.
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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.
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.
History of OBC-Related Texas Bills Since 2005
A list of OBC-related Texas bills compiled by coalition member Equality for Adoptees, from 2005 through 2017.