H.R. No. 366
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Members of Support Texas Adoptee Rights (STAR) are
gathering in Austin on March 21, 2023, for Texas Adoptee Rights Day
at the State Capitol; and
WHEREAS, A nonprofit organization, STAR is dedicated to
raising awareness of the unique challenges that adult adoptees face
in accessing their own information; through education and
legislative reform, the group works tirelessly to ensure that
adults in Texas who were adopted receive equal treatment under the
law and have access to their family health history and personal
identity information, including their original birth certificates;
and
WHEREAS, The organization represents the interests of all
three parties involved in the adoption process--adult adoptees,
birth parents, and adoptive parents--and its members include
residents of 254 Texas counties as well as adoptees from out of
state whose births and adoptions occurred in Texas; and
WHEREAS, STAR is helping to rectify the unintended
consequences of past adoption practices in Texas and to create a
more transparent, just, and humane adoption system for the future;
now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas
Legislature hereby recognize March 21, 2023, as Texas Adoptee
Rights Day at the State Capitol and extend to the organization
sincere best wishes for continued success with its important work.
Harris of Anderson
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 366 was adopted by the House on March
16, 2023, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House