MA H2045

Bill

MA H2045

Granting equal access to original birth certificates to all persons born in Massachusetts

Introduced
01/20/2015

In Committee
01/20/2015

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
07/31/2016

Introduced Session

189th General Court

Bill Summary

Relative to granting equal access to original birth certificates. Public Health.

AI Summary

This bill, concerning public health in Massachusetts, aims to grant equal access to original birth certificates by amending Section 2B of Chapter 46 of the General Laws. Specifically, it removes language that restricted access to original birth certificates for individuals born on or before July 17, 1974, or after January 1, 2008, and also removes the restriction for those born on or after January 1, 2008. The intent is to ensure that all individuals born in Massachusetts can obtain their original birth certificates without these specific date-based limitations.

Committee Categories

Health and Social Services

Sponsors (22)

John Rogers (D)*, Mike Rush (D)*, Ruth Balser (D), Jennifer Benson (D), Michelle DuBois (D), Sean Garballey (D), Denise Garlick (D), Susan Gifford (R), Ken Gordon (D), Danielle Gregoire (D), Kate Hogan (D), Dan Hunt (D), Brad Jones (R), Louis Kafka (D), Kay Khan (D), John Lawn (D), Shaunna O'Connell (R), Denise Provost (D), Byron Rushing (D), Tom Stanley (D), Benjamin Swan (D), Timothy Toomey (D),

Last Action

Accompanied a new draft, see H4307 (on 05/18/2016)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/House/H2045

(6 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/House/H2045
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/H2045
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/H2045.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1562	Providing remedies to consumers for clearing title after payoff of mortgages	Accompanied a study order, see H4706	Similar To
H1563	Removing the requirement to provide notice to the department of mental health of a license granted to a guardian to sell real estate	Accompanied a study order, see H4706	Similar To
H2394	Relative to the officers of the court	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Similar To
H2808	Relative to default insurance programs for certain public construction projects	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Similar To
H3074	Relative to the used vehicle record book	Referred to the House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading	Similar To
H4307	Granting equal access to original birth certificates to all persons born in Massachusetts	Read second and ordered to a third reading	Replaced by

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