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North CarolinaSB 2482025-2026 SessionSenate
AN ACT TO MAKE ACCESS TO NEW BIRTH CERTIFICATES FOR PERSONS ADOPTED SIMILAR TO PERSONS THAT ARE NOT ADOPTED.
Sponsored By: Warren Daniel (Republican), Todd Johnson (Republican), Michael A. Lazzara (Republican)
Signed by Governor
ADOPTIONCOURT CLERKSCOURTSDEEDSMINORSPRESENTEDPUBLICPUBLIC OFFICIALSPUBLIC RECORDSRATIFIEDRECORDATION OF INSTRUMENTSREGISTER OF DEEDSSOCIAL SERVICESSTATE EMPLOYEESSTATE REGISTRARVITAL RECORDSRECORDSCHAPTEREDFAMILY ISSUES
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Bill Overview
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3 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Adoptees get standard birth certificates
Beginning January 1, 2026, the State Registrar makes a new birth certificate after an adoption is reported. It shows your full adoptive name, sex, state and date of birth, and your adoptive parents’ full names. It has no note about adoption and lists adoptive parents simply as your parents. In a stepparent adoption, the new certificate lists the adopting stepparent and the other parent; the city and county of birth stay the same. Parents’ names stay unchanged only if the petitioner, the petitioner’s spouse, the adoptee age 12 or older, and any living parent whose rights end all file a joint request before the decree. The Registrar also sets rules for handling reports of adoptions from other states.
Quicker adoptee records and trained staff
Beginning January 1, 2026, if a county needs an adoptee record that is not yet digital, the State Registrar must digitize it within two business days. Registers of deeds and staff who issue certified adoptee birth certificates must complete yearly privacy training. When a register of deeds issues an adoptee birth certificate for someone born in that county, the State Registrar does not charge the fee set in G.S. 130A-93.1(a)(1).
Stronger privacy for adoptee birth records
Beginning January 1, 2026, the State Registrar seals the original birth certificate and all adoption records. Counties remove the old record, delete index entries, and send the record to the State Registrar for sealed storage. Your adoptee birth certificate is not open to public inspection. Certified copies or abstracts of the new certificate are available to you, your children, your adoptive parents, and your spouse, brothers, and sisters (adoptive relations only). Registers of deeds issue certified copies through the State’s electronic system and must follow these privacy limits.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
Warren Daniel
Republican • Senate
Todd Johnson
Republican • Senate
Michael A. Lazzara
Republican • Senate
Cosponsors
Jr. Danny Earl Britt
Republican • Senate
Jr. David W. Craven
Republican • Senate
Ralph Hise
Republican • Senate
Steve Jarvis
Republican • Senate
Timothy D. Moffitt
Republican • Senate
Mujtaba A. Mohammed
Democratic • Senate
Norman W. Sanderson
Republican • Senate
Benton G. Sawrey
Republican • Senate
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 6/4/2025
SB 248: Birth Certificates for Persons Adopted.
Yes: 104 • No: 0 • Other: 15
Senate vote • 5/1/2025
SB 248: Birth Certificates for Persons Adopted.
Yes: 42 • No: 0 • Other: 8
Actions Timeline
Ch. SL 2025-9
6/13/2025SenateSigned by Gov. 6/13/2025
6/13/2025SenatePres. To Gov. 6/6/2025
6/6/2025SenateRatified
6/5/2025SenateOrdered Enrolled
6/4/2025HousePassed 3rd Reading
6/4/2025HousePassed 2nd Reading
6/4/2025HouseAdded to Calendar
6/4/2025HouseCal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
6/4/2025HouseReptd Fav
6/4/2025HouseRe-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
6/3/2025HouseReptd Fav
6/3/2025HouseRe-ref to the Com on Judiciary 2, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
5/29/2025HouseWithdrawn From Com
5/29/2025HouseRef To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
5/6/2025HousePassed 1st Reading
5/6/2025HouseRegular Message Received From Senate
5/5/2025HouseRegular Message Sent To House
5/5/2025SenatePassed 3rd Reading
5/1/2025SenatePassed 2nd Reading
5/1/2025SenateReptd Fav
4/30/2025SenateRe-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
4/29/2025SenateCom Substitute Adopted
4/29/2025SenateReptd Fav Com Substitute
4/29/2025SenateRe-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate
3/10/2025Senate
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