Do other states already give unrestricted OBC access to adult adoptees?
(A) Yes. Kansas never sealed and closed the record to adoptees. Alaska opened in the late 1970s. Alabama opened their Vital Statistics records in 2000. The voters of Oregon passed Measure 58 in 1998, which allowed adult adoptees access to their OBC. New Hampshire passed SB 335 in 2004, which granted unrestricted access to the original birth certificate to adult adoptees. Most recently, Maine passed LD 1084/PL 409, which reopened access in 2009, without restriction.
