Representative Owen renames Act 470
The Jean and Elise Law
Excerpt from Representative Owen’s Op-Ed:
On the 15th of June, 2022, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards signed “Jean and Elise’s Law.” This law, which began as House Bill 450, is now officially known as Act 470 of the 2022 Louisiana Legislature and is named for Jean McBride Manning and Elise Bateman Lewis.
“Jean and Elise’s Law” restores the right of grown persons who were adopted as children to have access to their original birth certificate (OBC). I named the bill after two of the people who inspired me most and who drove me to initiate the action that changed an old law.
