HB 1356

ON MARCH 27, 2025, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 1116, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 rewrites the bill to, instead, require certain adoption records, sealed records, sealed adoption records, post-adoption records, o r any other records or papers for a person relating to the adoption or attempted adoption of a person in the possession of the office of the clerk of the adoption court ; the offices of the department of health ; the office of any child-placing agency, wheth er or not it is chartered or licensed ; or any other information source, to be made available to t he department of children's services for the purpose of searching for a kinship foster care placement .