The bill was heard January 26 in the Assembly Homeland Security
and State Preparedness Committee where it passed out affirmatively
without
amendments enabling genealogical copies of vital records to be
continued.
The bill next goes to the floor of the Assembly, the earliest date it
can be heard is
February 9th. It can be amended on the floor during its second reading.
Assembly Bill 1564 (Senate Bill 817 is identical) provides adult
adopted persons and their adult descendants and adoptive parents and
guardians of minors access to an adopted person's original birth
certificate and other related documents. Such individuals will be able
to obtain an uncertified, long-form copy of the adopted person's
original birth certificate, upon submission of a written, notarized
request to the State Registrar.
Assembly Bill 3806 would remove vital records from the definition of
public records, thereby making access to such records very difficult, if
not impossible. The Bill was unanimously passed by the Assembly on
December 12 and is now in the New Jersey Senate. The language suggested
by the Genealogical Society of New Jersey was not included in the bill.
The bill is now in the State Senate for consideration.
Assembly Bill 3237 (Senate Bill 1093 is identical) provides adult
adopted persons and their adult descendants and adoptive parents and
guardians of minors access to an adopted person's original birth
certificate and other related documents. Such individuals will be able
to obtain an uncertified, long-form copy of the adopted person's
original birth certificate, upon submission of a written, notarized
request to the State Registrar.
