Bill Text: CA AB2854 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Marriage certificates: amendment.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-08 - Referred to Com. on HEALTH. [AB2854 Detail]

Download: California-2017-AB2854-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 2854

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Introduced by Assembly Member Patterson

February 16, 2018

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An act relating to marriage.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2854, as introduced, Patterson. Marriage certificates: amendment.

Existing law authorizes a person, when the facts are not correctly stated in any certificate of birth, death, fetal death, or marriage, to file an affidavit under oath stating the changes necessary to make the record correct, as specified.

This bill would require the State Department of Public Health to update its instructions and forms regarding amendments to marriage records to clarify that a marriage record can be amended to add or delete middle or last names when a mistake occurred when the initial marriage certificate was filled out.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  

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Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 The State Department of Public Health shall update its instructions and forms regarding amendments to marriage records to clarify that a marriage record can be amended to add or delete middle or last names when a mistake occurred when the initial marriage certificate was filled out.