The Senate Judiciary Committee heard SB 352 pertaining to identifying information for adoptions authored by Sen. Steele and Sen. Delph. Sen. Steele stated that the bill authorizes adoptees adopted between 1941 and 1993 to access their own adoption information to the same extent as adoptees adopted before 1941 and after 1993. Testimony was taken in support of this bill by several adoptees and a biological parent whose child was adopted. The Committee also heard testimony in opposition to the bill arguing that current law provides a mechanism for biological parents to allow access to their information by their adopted children. The bill passed 8-2.
Read the bill at http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2015/bills/senate/352.