SSB 3194

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedMarch 25, 2024
2. ✓
   Done: SubcommitteeMarch 26, 2024
3. ✓
   Done: Senate committeeApril 3, 2024
4. –
   Skipped: Passes the SenateContinued as SF 2430
5. Next: House committee
6. Next: Passes the House
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Became SF 2430 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to SF 2430 What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

AI summary If someone finds a mistake on a death certificate, the Department of Health and Human Services can fix it or issue a new one. People must provide proof that the information is wrong to the state registrar within a certain number of months. Once corrected, the new death certificate will be marked as "amended."¹

The official explanation

This bill relates to the correction and substitution of death certificates. The bill provides that the department of health and human services (HHS) shall provide for the correction and substitution of a death certificate when substantiated evidence of a mistake is presented to the state registrar within months of the filing of the death certificate. The death certificate shall be marked “amended” and comply with other requirements pursuant to Code sections 144.38 (amendment of official record) and 144.41 (amending local records).

Full bill text · What changed before it passed²

Senate subcommittee

Named March 26, 2024. On April 1, 2024 it recommended amendment and passage. [].

• Sen. David D. Rowley REmail
• Sen. Dan Dawson REmail
• Sen. Cindy Winckler DEmail

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§144.26

How the Code works³

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