TRENTON – A bill sponsored by Senator Joseph F. Vitale which would give adoptees and certain others access to the adoptee’s original birth certificate and other related family information was approved by the Senate today by a vote of 26-12.
“Adoptees know the importance of the basic information we so often take for granted – information on who we are, and where we’ve come from,” said Senator Vitale, D-Middlesex, the Chairman of the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee. “With today’s approval, we are one step closer to shedding light on adoptees’ pasts, and giving them the option of exploring some of the most fundamental questions of their birth.”