STAR Advocacy Day at the Capitol (February 25, 2025)

Support Texas Adoptee Rights (STAR) is back at the Capitol. Joyce and I both serve on the Board. Rep. Will Metcalf (tall guy in the suit) introduced HB 1887, which would give Texas-born adopted persons access to their original birth certificate upon reaching age 18. Upon adoption, the original birth certificate is sealed and a supplemental birth certificate with the names of the adoptive parents is issued. Currently, an adopted person either must obtain a court order or provide the names of their birth parents to Vital Statistics to get their OBC.  The same bill passed overwhelmingly in the House in 2021 and 2023. We expect it to pass again this year. The Senate is the holdup.