SB 477 — An Act amending the act of June 29, 1953 (P.L.304, No.66), known as the Vital Statistics Law of 1953, in birth registration, providing for certain information prohibited.

PRINTER'S NO.    435

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                        SENATE BILL
                        No. 477
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY KEARNEY, CAPPELLETTI, L. WILLIAMS, MUTH, STREET,
        HAYWOOD AND KANE, MARCH 19, 2025

     REFERRED TO HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, MARCH 19, 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 birth registration, providing for certain
14      information prohibited.
15      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
16   hereby enacts as follows:
17      Section 1.    The act of June 29, 1953 (P.L.304, No.66), known
18   as the Vital Statistics Law of 1953, is amended by adding a
19   section to read:
20      Section 404.    Birth Registration: Certain Information
21   Prohibited.--(a)    No certificate of birth filed under this act
22   after the effective date of this subsection may identify the
23   child's sex.
24      (b)   The prohibition under subsection (a) shall not apply to
1   any form or data related to a child's birth that is submitted or
2   compiled pursuant to Federal law or regulation.
3      Section 2.   This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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