Update: Safe Haven Baby Box Legislation, February 10, 2024

It’s only 7 weeks into 2024, and we’ve been deluged with baby box bills.

Totals for 2024:

Here’s our latest statistical rundown:

• Number of Safe Haven Baby Box bills of all types introduced: 19 (some states have multiple bills)
• Number of states that introduced bills for baby boxes and amendments: 13
• Number of states that introduced bills to authorize baby boxes: 11
• Number of states that introduced bills to amend in-place baby box laws: 2
• Number of dead bills: 3
• Number of baby box dead bills: 2
• Number of amendment dead bills: 1

Current Numbers:

• Number of Safe Haven Baby Box bills of all types: 15
• Number of states with active bills for baby boxes and amendments: 11
• Number of states with active bills to authorize baby boxes: 14
• Number of states with active bills to amend in-place baby box laws: 1

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Compare this to the number of OBC/adoption records bills currently active to restore the right for adopted people to obtain their OBCs and other adoption records without restrictions of conditions: 3 . (This will be slightly updated this weekend).

About twice that number of bills are running in states to continue restrictions and conditions.

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Safe Haven Baby Box legislation and use are a direct attack on adoptee rights. Please join us to stop this travesty of adoptee justice and organized baby abandonment.