Bill Text: CA AB3045 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Enrolled

California Assembly Bill 3045

Bill Title: Birth certificate: decorative Asian Zodiac heirloom birth certificate.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Enrolled) 2024-09-06 - Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m. [AB3045 Detail]

Download: California-2023-AB3045-Enrolled.html

Enrolled August 31, 2024

Passed IN Senate August 28, 2024

Passed IN Assembly May 21, 2024

Amended IN Assembly March 21, 2024

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 3045

Introduced by Assembly Member Ta
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Alanis, Alvarez, Bonta, Chen, Mike Fong, Stephanie Nguyen, Joe Patterson, Ting, and Waldron)

February 16, 2024

An act to add Section 103589 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to vital records.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 3045, Ta. Birth certificate: decorative Asian Zodiac heirloom birth certificate.

Existing law establishes the Office of Vital Records within the State Department of Public Health. Existing law prescribes the duties of the State Registrar of Vital Statistics (State Registrar) and local registrars of births and deaths with respect to the registration of certificates of live birth, fetal death, or death, and marriage licenses. Existing law prescribes the information to be listed on a certificate of live birth. Existing law requires the State Registrar, upon request and payment of a fee, as specified, to provide an applicant a decorative heirloom certificate of any birth registered to that official, containing only identification information and the seal of the State of California and a facsimile of the State Registrar’s signature.

This bill would require the State Registrar to, upon request and payment of a fee, provide an applicant a decorative Asian Zodiac heirloom certificate, as specified. The bill would require the decorative Asian Zodiac heirloom certificate to be of a distinctive design as determined by the department to include Asian Zodiac artwork by local artists, the seal of the State of California, and a facsimile of the State Registrar’s signature. The bill would require the certificate to contain only identification information, as determined by the State Registrar. The bill would require the department to set the fee for the decorative Asian Zodiac heirloom certificate to capture the reasonable costs of developing, preparing, and providing the decorative Asian Zodiac heirloom certificate. The bill would require the moneys collected by the State Registrar to be deposited with the Treasurer for credit to the Health Statistics Special Fund. The bill would specify that, upon appropriation, the moneys in the fund may be used by the department for the administrative costs of developing, preparing, and providing the decorative Asian Zodiac heirloom certificate, including payment of local artists.

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

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

SECTION 1.

Section 103589 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:

103589.

(a) (1) The State Registrar shall, upon request and payment of a fee, as provided in subdivision (c), supply to an applicant a decorative Asian Zodiac heirloom certificate, as described in subdivision (b), of any birth registered with that official.

(2) When the original form of the certificate of a live birth furnished by the State Registrar contains a printed section at the bottom containing medical and social data or labeled “Confidential Information for Public Health Use Only,” that section shall not be reproduced in the copy of the record. If the original form of the certificate of live birth has been sealed, the information on the sealed certificate shall not be included on the decorative Asian Zodiac heirloom certificate.

(b) The decorative Asian Zodiac heirloom certificate issued under subdivision (a) shall be of a distinctive design as determined by the department, which shall include Asian Zodiac artwork by local artists, the seal of the State of California, and a facsimile of the State Registrar’s signature, but shall not include an elected official’s signature. The certificate shall only contain identification information, as determined by the State Registrar.

(c) The fee required for the decorative Asian Zodiac heirloom certificate issued pursuant to this section shall be set by the department to capture the reasonable administrative costs of developing, preparing, and providing the decorative Asian Zodiac heirloom certificate. The moneys collected by the State Registrar from the fee shall be deposited with the Treasurer for credit to the Health Statistics Special Fund. Upon appropriation, the moneys in the fund may be used by the department for the administrative costs of developing, preparing, and providing the decorative Asian Zodiac heirloom certificate, including payment of local artists.