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Introduced
04/28/2025
04/28/2025
In Committee
04/28/2025
04/28/2025
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
Introduced Session
2025-2026 Regular Session
Bill Summary
Amending the act of June 29, 1953 (P.L.304, No.66), entitled "An act providing for the administration of a statewide system of vital statistics; prescribing the functions of the State Department of Health, the State Advisory Health Board and local registrars; imposing duties upon coroners, prothonotaries, clerks of orphans' court, physicians, midwives and other persons; requiring reports and certificates for the registration of vital statistics; regulating the disposition of dead bodies; limiting the disclosure of records; prescribing the sufficiency of vital statistics records as evidence; prescribing fees and penalties; and revising and consolidating the laws relating thereto," in death and fetal death registration, providing for nonbinary designation.
AI Summary
This bill amends the Vital Statistics Law of 1953 to provide a comprehensive process for individuals to designate their gender identity on death and fetal death certificates, with three primary gender options: female, male, or nonbinary. The bill allows individuals to predesignate their gender identity with a registration district in advance, which will then be used on their death certificate. If no predesignation is made, immediate family members, a spouse, or legal guardian can challenge the reported sex designation within ten days of death registration. The bill establishes a hierarchy of acceptable documentation for determining gender identity, including birth certificates, driver's licenses, Social Security records, court orders, passports, advanced health care directives, and proof of clinical gender transition treatment. If no documentation exists, the person completing the death certificate will record the decedent's gender based on the predesignation or other available information. This legislation aims to provide more inclusive and respectful options for gender representation on official death records, recognizing individuals' self-identified gender identities. The bill will take effect 60 days after its enactment.
Committee Categories
Health and Social Services
Sponsors (15)
Ben Sanchez (D)*,
Lisa Borowski (D),
Heather Boyd (D),
Missy Cerrato (D),
José Giral (D),
Nancy Guenst (D),
Joe Hohenstein (D),
Tarik Khan (D),
Rick Krajewski (D),
Steve Malagari (D),
La'Tasha Mayes (D),
Chris Rabb (D),
Nikki Rivera (D),
Ben Waxman (D),
Dan Williams (D),
Last Action
Referred to Health (on 04/28/2025)
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