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2021 SESSION
SB 1121 Birth certificates; an amendment of a certificate shall be evaluated by the State Registrar.
Introduced by: Mamie E. Locke | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Birth certificates; amendments. Provides that, in cases regarding amendments to birth certificates not already set out in the Code of Virginia, an amendment to a birth certificate shall be evaluated by the State Registrar through an administrative process pursuant to regulations as may be adopted by the State Board of Health. The bill requires the State Registrar to establish and publicize an internal process for modifying birth certificates and to make available to the public on its website a standard form a birth certificate made available to the public on its website. The bill also provides that when an applicant requests a change to a vital record that requires a judicial order, the vital record shall not be amended and the State Registrar shall so advise the applicant in a written notice that the applicant has the right to petition the court.
FULL TEXT
- 12/22/20 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101423D pdf | impact statement
- 01/21/21 Senate: Committee substitute printed 21103272D-S1 pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 12/22/20 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101423D
- 12/22/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/18/21 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Health
- 01/21/21 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (12-Y 2-N)
- 01/21/21 Senate: Committee substitute printed 21103272D-S1
- 01/22/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/21 Senate: Read second time
- 01/25/21 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/25/21 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 21103272D-S1
- 01/25/21 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1121S1
- 01/26/21 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (29-Y 10-N)
- 02/02/21 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/02/21 House: Read first time
- 02/02/21 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 02/08/21 House: Continued to Special Session 1 in Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote