Assigned to Committee Authored by Will Metcalf (R) View at Source
Caption: Relating to birth records of adopted persons; authorizing a fee. Initially Referred to House Public Health Committee, chaired by a Republican Last Referred to Senate Health & Human Services Committee, chaired by a Republican
HB 1887 revises the procedures for accessing birth records of adopted persons in Texas. The bill allows adopted individuals, or their adult descendants, siblings, surviving spouses, or adoptive parents, to request a noncertified copy of the adopted person's original birth certificate without a court order, provided the adopted individual was born in Texas, is at least 18 years old, and a supplementary birth certificate was issued. The request must be accompanied by proof of identity. The state registrar is authorized to collect a fee for providing the noncertified copy, equivalent to the fee for other noncertified birth certificate copies, and must issue the document within the standard timeframe for such requests. These provisions are effective from July 1, 2026, though the act itself becomes effective September 1, 2025.
(H) Metcalf signed onto the bill as Author (H) Filed
Mar 14, 2025
(H) Read first time (H) Referred to the House Public Health, chaired by a Republican
Mar 24, 2025
(H) Scheduled for public hearing on . . . (H) Considered in public hearing (H) Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee (H) Left pending in committee
Mar 26, 2025
(H) Lambert signed onto the bill as Joint Author
Mar 31, 2025
(H) House Public Health met. (H) Considered in public hearing (H) Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
Apr 8, 2025
(H) Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator (H) Committee report distributed
Apr 9, 2025
(H) Committee report sent to Calendars
Apr 23, 2025
(H) Bumgarner signed onto the bill as Joint Author
Apr 28, 2025
(H) Considered in Calendars
Apr 30, 2025
(H) Harris signed onto the bill as Joint Author (H) Martinez Fischer signed onto the bill as Joint Author (H) Placed on General State Calendar
May 1, 2025
(H) Plesa signed onto the bill as Coauthor (H) Read 2nd time (H) Passed to engrossment (H) Record vote
RV#1160: Yea 131 (R 76, D 55) - Nay 1 (R 1, D 0) View Source
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(H) Reported engrossed
May 5, 2025
(S) Received from the House (S) Read first time (S) Referred to the Senate Health & Human Services, chaired by a Republican
May 21, 2025
(H) Morales Shaw signed onto the bill as Coauthor
Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill
Against
(Mon 3/24/2025) Registering before H Public Health as Joe Pojman Ph.D. for Texas Alliance for Life
For
(Mon 3/24/2025) Testifying before H Public Health as Amy Gregorcyk for self (with Support texas adoptee rights) (Mon 3/24/2025) Testifying before H Public Health as Cynthia Bohnenblust for self (Mon 3/24/2025) Testifying before H Public Health as Dawn Scott for self (with Adoption Knowledge Affiliates) (Mon 3/24/2025) Testifying before H Public Health as Heidi Cox for self (with The Gladney Center for Adoption) (Mon 3/24/2025) Testifying before H Public Health as Joellen Peters for self (with Support Texas Adoptee Rights) (Mon 3/24/2025) Testifying before H Public Health as Nick Kostetsky for self (with STAR) (Mon 3/24/2025) Registering before H Public Health as Connie Gray for self (Mon 3/24/2025) Registering before H Public Health as Marci Purcell for self (Mon 3/24/2025) Registering before H Public Health as Marla Smith for self (with Support Texas Adoptee Rights) (Mon 3/24/2025) Registering before H Public Health as Sarah Bailey for self (Mon 3/24/2025) Registering before H Public Health as Sarah Berel-harrop for self (Mon 3/24/2025) Registering before H Public Health as Sarah Crockett for Texas CASA
