Bill Text: TX HR680 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Recognizing March 11, 2019, as Texas Adoptee Rights Day at the State Capitol.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-13 - Reported enrolled [HR680 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR680-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Recognizing March 11, 2019, as Texas Adoptee Rights Day at the State Capitol.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-13 - Reported enrolled [HR680 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR680-Introduced.html
86R10516 BK-D | ||
By: Calanni | H.R. No. 680 |
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WHEREAS, Texas Adoptee Rights is a nonprofit organization | ||
dedicated to educating all Texans about the unique challenges faced | ||
by adult adoptees, and members of the group are gathering at the | ||
State Capitol on March 11, 2019; and | ||
WHEREAS, By promoting public awareness and advocating for | ||
legislative reform, the organization works on behalf of adopted | ||
adult citizens who are seeking their original birth certificates; | ||
it represents the interests of all three parties involved in the | ||
adoption process--adult adoptees, birth parents, and adoptive | ||
parents--and its members include Texans as well as other | ||
individuals whose births and adoptions occurred in our state; and | ||
WHEREAS, The barriers that adult adoptees currently face in | ||
obtaining their birth records are of vital concern as the adoptees | ||
may need access to this information in order to get a full | ||
understanding of their family health history; the mission of Texas | ||
Adoptee Rights stems from the belief in the fundamental right of | ||
adopted citizens to equal treatment under the law and in the belief | ||
that the adoption process in Texas should be honest and transparent | ||
in all aspects; and | ||
WHEREAS, Texas Adoptee Rights is playing a leading role in | ||
advocating for public policy reform and in helping to ensure that | ||
our adoption system is an efficient, just, and humane system for | ||
current and future generations; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby recognize March 11, 2019, as Texas Adoptee | ||
Rights Day at the State Capitol and extend a warm welcome to the | ||
members of the organization who are visiting Austin. |