House File 2136 



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  BOAL


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to public access to certain vital statistics
  2    records.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 6325YH 82
  5 rh/rj/5

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 144.43, unnumbered paragraph 2, Code
  1  2 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    However, the following vital statistics records may be
  1  4 inspected and copied as of right under chapter 22 when they
  1  5 are in the custody of a county registrar, or when they are in
  1  6 the custody of the state archivist and are at least
  1  7 seventy=five years old:
  1  8                           EXPLANATION
  1  9    This bill provides that certain vital statistics records,
  1 10 i.e., birth records, marriage records, divorce records,
  1 11 dissolution of marriage records, annulment of marriage
  1 12 records, and death records, except for fetal death records, in
  1 13 the custody of a county registrar may be inspected and copied
  1 14 by the general public upon request under Iowa's open records
  1 15 law (Code chapter 22).  Such records that are in the custody
  1 16 of the state archivist must be at least 75 years old before
  1 17 public access may be allowed.
  1 18 LSB 6325YH 82
  1 19 rh/rj/5