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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

AB 139

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Relating to: authorizing county clerks and clerks of court to copy certified birth certificates for certain purposes.

County — Officers Court Court — Clerk Vital statistics

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill creates an exception to the general prohibition in current law against

copying a vital record and allows a county clerk or clerk of courts to copy a birth

certificate for submission with a passport application, if the copy is marked “FOR

ADMINISTRATIVE USE.” Under current law, with certain exceptions, a person

who copies a vital record, such as a certified or uncertified birth certificate, may be

guilty of a felony and subject to a fine of up to $10,000, imprisonment of up to three

years and six months, or both.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Bernier (R) , Considine (D) , E. Brooks (R) , Edming (R) , Genrich (D) , Horlacher (R) , Jarchow (R) , Katsma (R) , Kerkman (R) , Kolste (D) , Kremer (R) , Krug (R) , Kulp (R) , Macco (R) , Meyers (D) , Milroy (D) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , Pronschinske (R) , Quinn (R) , Rohrkaste (R) , Sinicki (D) , Spiros (R) , Steffen (R) , Tauchen (R) , VanderMeer (R)

14 cosponsors

Barca (D) , Bewley (D) , Hansen (D) , Harsdorf (R) , Kapenga (R) , Lasee (R) , LeMahieu (R) , Marklein (R) , Moulton (R) , Nass (R) , Olsen (R) , Testin (R) , Wanggaard (R) , Wirch (D)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 8, Noes 0

Passed 8–0 May 19, 2017 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 8, Noes 0

Passed 8–0 May 19, 2017 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Mar 9, 2017 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Pronschinske, Bernier, E. Brooks, Considine, Edming, Genrich, Horlacher, Jarchow, Katsma, Kerkman, Kolste, Kremer, Krug, Kulp, Macco, Meyers, Milroy, Murphy, Mursau, Quinn, Rohrkaste, Sinicki, Spiros, Steffen, Tauchen and VanderMeer; cosponsored by Senators LeMahieu, Hansen, Harsdorf, Bewley, Kapenga, Lasee, Marklein, Moulton, Nass, Olsen, Testin, Wanggaard and Wirch

  2. Mar 9, 2017 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government

  3. Apr 10, 2017 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Pronschinske

  4. May 3, 2017 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. May 17, 2017 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. May 19, 2017 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 8, Noes 0

  7. May 19, 2017 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 8, Noes 0

  8. May 19, 2017 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  9. Jun 14, 2017 · Assembly

    Representative Barca added as a coauthor

  10. Mar 28, 2018 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1