BILL NUMBER: AB 1951	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gomez

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2014

   An act relating to vital records.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1951, as introduced, Gomez. Vital records: birth certificates.
   Existing law prescribes the duties of the State Registrar of Vital
Statistics and local registrars of births and deaths with respect to
the registration of a live birth. Under existing law, a certificate
of live birth is required to contain, among other things, the full
name, birthplace, and date of birth of both the father and mother of
a child, except as provided.
   Existing law provides for the Vital Statistics Advisory Committee,
which, among other things, is required to review and make
recommendations to the State Registrar as to proposals for addition
or deletion of items on the certificate of live birth and advise the
State Registrar on the content and format of the certificate.
Existing law requires the State Registrar to publish within 30 days
of receipt of recommendations by the committee, both a list of the
recommendations adopted and a list of the recommendations not
adopted, with reasons for the action.
   This bill would instead require the State Registrar, with regard
to identification of the parents, to modify the certificate of live
birth to contain one line that reads Father/Mother/Parent 1 and
another line that reads Father/Mother/Parent 2. The bill would
require the State Registrar to submit a report to the Legislature
regarding the modification within 30 days of the action. The bill
would also require that all local registrars, deputy registrars, and
subregistrars use the modified certificate of live birth, update all
forms to incorporate the modification, and discard all forms in use
before the modification.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  (a) Notwithstanding Sections 102465 and 102470 of the
Health and Safety Code, the State Registrar of Vital Statistics, with
regard to identification of the parents, shall modify the
certificate of live birth to contain one line that reads
Father/Mother/Parent 1 and another line that reads
Father/Mother/Parent 2.
   (b) Notwithstanding Section 102470 of the Health and Safety Code,
the State Registrar shall submit a report to the Legislature
regarding the modification within 30 days of the action.
   (c) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be
submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
   (d) (1) The certificate of live birth, as described in subdivision
(a), shall be used by all local registrars, deputy registrars, and
subregistrars.
   (2) The local registrars, deputy registrars, and subregistrars
shall update all forms to incorporate the modification and discard
all forms in use before the modification described in subdivision
(a).