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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 888

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Relating to: registration of births by surrogate mother.

Children — Adoption Family Maternal and infant care Vital statistics

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, if a child is born to a surrogate mother, information about the surrogate mother must be entered on the child’s birth record and information about the father must be omitted from the birth record. If a court determines parental rights over the child, the clerk of court must report the court’s determination to the state registrar, who must prepare and register a new birth record and send notice to the local registrar who filed the original record to have the replaced record destroyed.

Under this bill, a court may not determine parental rights over a child born to a surrogate mother unless at least one individual petitioning for parental rights is biologically related to the child.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Jacque (R)

4 cosponsors

Brill (R) , Kreibich (R) , Maxey (R) , Wichgers (R)

Full history

  1. Jan 27, 2026 · Senate

    Introduced by Senator Jacque; cosponsored by Representatives Wichgers, Brill, Kreibich and Maxey

  2. Jan 27, 2026 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs

  3. Mar 23, 2026 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1