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2002 SESSION

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HB 1297 Birth certificates; issuance for foreign-born children.

Introduced by: Mitchell Van Yahres | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Health; birth certificates. Provides that the State Registrar shall issue a Virginia certificate of foreign birth for an adopted foreign-born child without stating such certificate is not evidence of U.S. citizenship if the State Registrar receives a notarized Certificate of Citizenship from the Immigration and Naturalization Service. The Child Citizenship Act, which became effective on February 27, 2001, amends the Immigration and Naturalization Act to facilitate U.S. citizenship to certain foreign-born children, including adopted children of U.S. citizens.

FULL TEXT

• 01/18/02  House: Presented & ordered printed 026264964  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/18/02  House: Presented & ordered printed 026264964
• 01/18/02  House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
• 01/31/02  House: Continued to 2003 in H. W. I. (22-Y 0-N)