republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-301.md

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Bill	Adult adoptees; access to vital records.	Adult adoptees; access to vital records. Requires the State Registrar to provide adult adoptees access to their birth certificate upon request, provided that the requester submits an application, proof of identification, and payment and that the original birth certificate is not the certificate of birth in use, subject to amendment, or used by an individual for legal purposes. The bill directs the State Registrar to make a contact preference form available to birth parents that allows them to indicate their preference for contact by the adopted person, to be stored with the adopted person's birth certificate and provided upon the adopted person's request for the birth certificate. This bill incorporates HB 664.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 301	Virginia HB 301 (2026)	bill		enacted	Katrina Callsen	6	37	9	2026-01-09	2026-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/8e852974-563b-45ed-b96f-0b923d483f1f	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB301	6d837302eceb0ab331c60a47e7117cec0a537a8ce2c64e5cce7a07b127d1cc82	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 301 (2026) — Adult adoptees; access to vital records.

Adult adoptees; access to vital records. Requires the State Registrar to provide adult adoptees access to their birth certificate upon request, provided that the requester submits an application, proof of identification, and payment and that the original birth certificate is not the certificate of birth in use, subject to amendment, or used by an individual for legal purposes. The bill directs the State Registrar to make a contact preference form available to birth parents that allows them to indicate their preference for contact by the adopted person, to be stored with the adopted person's birth certificate and provided upon the adopted person's request for the birth certificate. This bill incorporates HB 664.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. Health Subcommittee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
4. Health Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
5. Health and Human Services Substitute (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Reconsider R — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage R — 28–12 (pass) · upper
• Rereferred from Education and Health — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 84–10 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services — 13–1 (pass) · upper
• Passage R — 33–7 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 7–2 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute — 16–6 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Katrina Callsen — primary (person)
• Debra D. Gardner — cosponsor (person)
• Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
• Phil M. Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
• Wendell S. Walker — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2026-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101925D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-09 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services referral-committee
• 2026-01-14 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB301)
• 2026-01-16 Assigned sub: Health referral-committee
• 2026-01-20 House subcommittee offered
• 2026-01-20 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 2-N) substitution
• 2026-01-22 Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (16-Y 6-N) committee-passage
• 2026-01-22 Incorporates HB664 (Walker)
• 2026-01-22 Committee substitute printed 26105811D-H1 substitution
• 2026-01-22 Substitute bill reprinted 26105811D
• 2026-01-26 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-01-27 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-01-27 committee substitute agreed to substitution
• 2026-01-27 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
• 2026-01-28 Read third time and passed House (84-Y 10-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-01-29 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2026-01-29 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2026-02-13 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB301)
• 2026-02-26 Rereferred from Education and Health to Rehabilitation and Social Services (13-Y 0-N) referral-committee
• 2026-02-27 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (13-Y 1-N 1-A) committee-passage
• 2026-03-02 Rules suspended
• 2026-03-02 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-03-02 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
• 2026-03-03 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-03-03 Passed Senate (33-Y 7-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-03 Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-03-03 Passed by for the day
• 2026-03-04 Passed Senate (28-Y 12-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-11 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-11 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB301ER) passage
• 2026-03-11 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB301)
• 2026-03-11 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-12 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-14 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2026-03-14 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 587 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
• 2026-04-13 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0587)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8e852974-563b-45ed-b96f-0b923d483f1f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).