HB 1153 — An Act amending the act of June 29, 1953 (P.L.304, No.66), known as the Vital Statistics Law of 1953, in records, further providing for fees for copies.

PRINTER'S NO.   1277

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 1153
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY MALAGARI, HILL-EVANS, ISAACSON, GIRAL, HOHENSTEIN,
        CIRESI, SANCHEZ, WARREN, FREEMAN, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, O'MARA,
        WEBSTER, DEASY, CERRATO AND GREEN, APRIL 7, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, APRIL 7, 2025


                                    AN ACT
 1   Amending the act of June 29, 1953 (P.L.304, No.66), entitled "An
 2      act providing for the administration of a statewide system of
 3      vital statistics; prescribing the functions of the State
 4      Department of Health, the State Advisory Health Board and
 5      local registrars; imposing duties upon coroners,
 6      prothonotaries, clerks of orphans' court, physicians,
 7      midwives and other persons; requiring reports and
 8      certificates for the registration of vital statistics;
 9      regulating the disposition of dead bodies; limiting the
10      disclosure of records; prescribing the sufficiency of vital
11      statistics records as evidence; prescribing fees and
12      penalties; and revising and consolidating the laws relating
13      thereto," in records, further providing for fees for copies.
14      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
15   hereby enacts as follows:
16      Section 1.    Section 807 of the act of June 29, 1953 (P.L.304,
17   No.66), known as the Vital Statistics Law of 1953, is amended by
18   adding a subsection to read:
19      Section 807.    Records: Fees for Copies.--* * *
20      (g.1)   No fee shall be charged for certified copies of birth
21   records or parts thereof furnished to individuals sixty-five
22   (65) years of age and older seeking a revised certified copy of
23   a birth record for the purpose of obtaining a REAL ID under the
1   act of May 26, 2017 (P.L.6, No.3), known as the "Pennsylvania
2   REAL ID Compliance Act."
3      * * *
4      Section 2.   This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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