SB 331

Adoption - Access to Birth and Adoption Records and Search, Contact, and Reunion Services

Sponsor: Senator LeeCommittee: Judicial ProceedingsSubject: Family LawStatus: Second Reading Failed (as of Dec 1, 2021)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Repealing certain provisions of law specifying that certain provisions of law apply only to adoptions in which a juvenile court enters an order for adoption on or after January 1, 2000; altering, from 21 to 18, the age at which an adoptee, or biological parent if the adoptee is at least 18 years old, may apply for a copy of certain birth and adoption records; requiring the Director of Social Services to develop and make available a certain contact preference form; etc.

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Testimony (19)

MGA witness list

FAV 17FavorableUNF 1UnfavorableINFO 1Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Cauman, Anne	Access Maryland	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	DIEPENBROCK, THOMAS	Access OBC Maryland	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Luce, Gregory	Adoptee Rights Law Center PLLC	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Monti-Wohlpart, Tim	American Adoption Congress	Written (PDF)
FAV	Greiner, Marley	Bastard Nation: the Adoptee Rights Organization	Written (PDF)
FAV	Stephens, Alice	Capitol Coalition for Adoptee Rights	Written (PDF)
FAV	Stricker, Susie	Capitol Coalition for Adoptee Rights	Written (PDF)
FAV	Samuels, Elizabeth	I do not plan to testify on behalf of any organization. I am a professor emeritus at the University of Baltimore School of Law.	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Wolf Small, Joanne	Maryland Adoptee Rights	Written (PDF)
FAV	Philip, Diana	NARAL Pro-Choice Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	O'Connell, Annette	New York Adoptee Rights Coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hodgson, Shawna	Texas Adoptee Rights Coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	Klappenberger, Peggy	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Senator Lee, Senator Leelegislator	Individual	Position only
FAV	Smith-White, Barbara	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Stricker, Susie	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	White, Martin	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Bogley, Laura	Maryland Right to Life	Written (PDF)
INFO	Bennardi, Maryland Department of Health /Office of Governmen	Maryland Dept. of Health	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Access MarylandFAV 1

Access OBC MarylandFAV 1

Adoptee Rights Law Center PLLCFAV 1

American Adoption CongressFAV 1

Bastard Nation: the Adoptee Rights OrganizationFAV 1

Capitol Coalition for Adoptee RightsFAV 2

I do not plan to testify on behalf of any organization. I am a professor emeritus at the University of Baltimore School of Law.FAV 1

Maryland Adoptee RightsFAV 1

Maryland Dept. of HealthINFO 1

Maryland Right to LifeUNF 1

NARAL Pro-Choice MarylandFAV 1

New York Adoptee Rights CoalitionFAV 1

Texas Adoptee Rights CoalitionFAV 1