Relating to access to a copy of an original birth certificate by an adoptee or an entitled person, providing for fees, and including effective date provisions

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedJanuary 22, 2019
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   Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 29, 2019
3. ✓
   Done: Senate committeeMarch 6, 2019
4. ✕
   Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
5. Next: House committee
6. Next: Passes the House
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

Amendments · 7

1 adopted · 0 failed · 6 never voted on. Newest first.

• H-8146 · filed March 10, 2020 by the House Ways Committee

  AI summary This amendment changes several years mentioned throughout the bill, specifically swapping 2019 for 2020, 2020 for 2021, and 1950 for 1970. Its wording →
  Never voted on
• S-3198 · filed April 22, 2019 by Sen. Annette Sweeney (R)

  AI summary This amendment adds rules for redacting personal information from birth certificates, contact forms, and medical history forms. It clarifies that an adopted person must be at least 18 to apply, while an entitled person can only apply if the adopted person is deceased. It also defines an entitled person as a deceased person's spouse or a relative within the second degree of kinship and updates the rules regarding birth dates and effective dates. Its wording →
  Adopted
  April 23, 2019
• H-1266 · filed April 22, 2019 by

  AI summary This amendment swaps the word including with the word with in several places and adds a quotation mark after the word registrar. Its wording →
  Never voted on
• H-1253 · filed April 18, 2019 by

  AI summary This amendment adds rules that allow biological parents to request that their personal identifying information be hidden when they submit contact preference or medical history forms. It also changes the birth year requirement from 1970 to 1950 and updates the effective date and implementation language. Its wording →
  Never voted on
• H-1205 · filed April 11, 2019 by

  AI summary This amendment adds a rule that a court can order that a noncertified copy of an original birth certificate not be issued if there is good cause. It also allows a biological parent to file a sworn statement asking the court to prohibit the issuance of the certificate. Its wording →
  Never voted on
• H-1203 · filed April 11, 2019 by

  AI summary This amendment allows a juvenile or district court to block the release of an original birth certificate if there is good cause. It also allows a biological parent to file a sworn statement asking the court to prohibit the release of the certificate. Its wording →
  Never voted on
• H-1200 · filed April 10, 2019 by

  AI summary This amendment changes the start dates for certain parts of the bill from 2019 and July 2020 to January 1, 2020. It also swaps the words establish for implement in two places and adds the word form after history. Its wording →
  Never voted on