House File 2136HOUSE 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