H.F. 333 Section 1. Section 144.43, subsection 3, Code 2017, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 3. However, Notwithstanding any provision of law to the 3 contrary, the following vital statistics records may be 4 inspected and copied as of right under chapter 22 when they are 5 in the custody of a county registrar or when they are in the 6 custody of the state archivist and are at least seventy-five 7 fifty years old: 8 a. A record of birth. 9 b. A record of marriage. 10 c. A record of divorce, dissolution of marriage, or 11 annulment of marriage. 12 d. A record of death if that death was not a fetal death . 13 EXPLANATION 14 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 15 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 16 This bill amends certain exceptions to the prohibition 17 against the inspection and copying of vital statistics 18 records in the custody of the county registrar or the state 19 archivist for records of birth; marriage; divorce, dissolution 20 of marriage, or annulment of marriage; and death. The bill 21 reduces, from at least 75 years to at least 50 years, the age of 22 the vital statistics record that may be inspected and copied. 23 The bill also amends the reference to a record of death to 24 eliminate the exclusion relating to records of death of a fetal 25 death thereby allowing records of fetal death to be inspected 26 and copied if the other requirements are met. 27 -1- LSB 1225YH (3) 87 pf/nh 1/ 1