Legislation News

Kentucky Adoption Reform

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HB-71  has been filed - !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Amend KRS 199.520 to permit adopting parents and adult adopted children to obtain nonidentifying background information concerning biological parents and blood relatives of the adopted person.     (Prefiled by the sponsor(s))
     Jan 7-introduced in House; to Health and Welfare (H)

 http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/record/03rs/HB71.htm

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Many Thanks to  Representative Robert Damron  for all his help
in the General Session of 2002 for  Ky Adoption Reform

We appreciate the dedication and commitment  from   Representative Bob Damron for all his hard work for 
Rep. Bob Damron, D-Nicholasville, led the General Assembly in the number of bills passed in the 2001
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 Let's make changes in the way that adoptees have access to their birth records. 
It's time for Open Records and release of the 
Original Birth Certificate in Kentucky

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Legislation Log for 2002

UPDATE  for session 2003

10-10-02 -  Meeting with Rep Damron -  He has agreed to file the bill for 2003 session for
non id to be released without court order.

1-7-03 - HB 71 was prefiled and posted  in Health and Welfare Committee 
 2-6-03 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
 2-7-03   2nd reading, to Rules
 2-10 -posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 11, 2003
 2-12  3rd reading, passed 96-0
 2-13-received in Senate
 2-19-to Judiciary (S)
       and there the bill died -  this is the second year it has passed the house but the Judiciary Committee in the Senate would not call the bill for vote

Now what to do?  - With Damron's suggestion to ask Senator Buford if he could help us on this bill Buford added it as an Committee Substitute to HB 355 in the Health and Welfare Senate Committee  -  and the Senate passed HB 355 with the Substitute added 

3-4 -reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)
3-5-2nd reading, to Rules
3-10-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 11, 2003
3-11-3rd reading, passed 35-0 with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)

The session is over this year except for about two more days - March 24 and 25th.   At that time there may be a chance that the House will vote on HB 355 with the Senate Substitute (which is HB 71) -  if the House does, it should pass thru and become law.  

The law passed  !!!!

6-25-2003 - the state will release complete non-id background info without a court order. 
They are backed up with request - so be patient - it may take 6-12 months. 

Thanks again Senator Buford and Representative Damron for your interest and sincere concern.

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