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Home/Bills/SB 927California · 2025–2026 Regular Session
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SB 927: Intercountry adoption finalized in a foreign country.

California · Senate · 2025–2026 Regular Session · last verified August 25, 2026

What SB 927 does, verified August 25, 2026

<p>This bill aims to simplify the process of intercountry adoption by allowing adoptees to file a petition to readopt on their own behalf. The existing law requires adoptive parents and adoption agencies to file a petition within a certain timeframe, but this bill would allow adoptees to take the lead in readopting their birth records. The petition would still need to include a report from a postplacement home visit, and the court would need to grant the petition before the state registrar issues a delayed registration of birth. This change would provide more autonomy and control for adoptees in the readoption process.</p>

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Last action: Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 127, Statutes of 2026. (2026-08-24)Alert me
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Marie Alvarado-GilJesse ArreguínJosh BeckerChristopher CabaldonHeather HadwickShannon GroveBrian JonesJerry McNerneyRosilicie Ochoa BoghKelly SeyartoTony StricklandThomas Umberg
Recent actions28 total · showing 5
Aug. 24, 2026Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 127, Statutes of 2026.
Aug. 24, 2026Approved by the Governor.
Aug. 11, 2026Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
Aug. 03, 2026Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 35. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
Jul. 02, 2026Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 5985.) Ordered to the Senate.
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