Relating to the addition of biological parent information of an adult adopted person through reestablishment of an original certificate of birth, and providing fees

Sponsored by the House Ways and Means (successor To Hf 60) Committee

Topics:Taxes

Same legislation: HF 60, SF 187, HF 268, SF 517

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Done: IntroducedJanuary 18, 2023
Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 26, 2023
Done: House committeeFebruary 9, 2023
Done: Passes the HouseMay 1, 202394–0
Skipped: Senate committeeSkipped
Done: Passes the SenateApril 20, 202349–0
Done: To the GovernorMay 11, 2023
Done: Signed into lawJune 1, 2023

SF 517 became law → The same legislation passed as SF 517, so this version was set aside. Go to SF 517 What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill provides for the addition of biological parent information of an adult adopted person to an original certificate of birth through reestablishment of the original certificate of birth.24 based upon the adoption, may apply to the state registrar to reestablish that original certificate of birth to include the name on that original certificate of birth of an omitted biological parent. The bill includes requirements that must be met prior to reestablishment of an original certificate of birth under the bill including: the adopted person shall file a written application, along with proof of identification, with the state registrar consenting to the adopted person’s original certificate of birth being reestablished to include the name of an omitted biological parent; and the adopted person shall obtain and submit to the state registrar an affidavit with substantiating evidence, from either the person whose name is to be added as a biological parent if that person is living or from a specified representative of that person if that person is deceased, attesting that the person whose name is to be added as a biological parent is a biological parent of the subject of the original certificate of birth and that the name to be added is that of the biological parent that was omitted from the original certificate of birth.

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A reestablished original certificate of birth registered under the bill shall be marked reestablished and a summary statement of the evidence submitted in support of the reestablished original certificate of birth shall be endorsed on the certificate.24A. The bill provides definitions for terms used in the bill including “personal representative”, “relative”, “successor”, and “trustee”. The bill directs the state registrar to adopt administrative rules relating to establishment, collection, and deposit of fees for preparation and registration of a reestablished original certificate of birth and for issuance of a noncertified copy of a reestablished original certificate of birth; the consent and affidavit forms; the proof of identification requirements relative to the provision of consent by the subject of an original certificate of birth to reestablishment of the original certificate of birth; and the evidentiary requirements to substantiate that a person is an omitted biological parent of the subject of the original certificate of birth. The bill makes a conforming Code change to include an exemption to provide that the original certificate of birth may be subject to inspection for the purposes of reestablishment under the bill.24A to reflect the provisions of the bill relating to issuance of a noncertified copy of a reestablished original certificate of birth.

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Iowa Code it changes

Creates§144.23A

Amends§144.24 §144.24A

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Where this legislation came from and where it went: earlier tries, the versions it moved through this Assembly, and later bills built on it.

90th General Assembly

HF 60RenumberedHouse companion SF 187RenumberedSenate companion HF 268Renumberedfrom HF 60 SF 517Became lawfrom SF 187 HF 720Renumberedfrom HF 720

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