Apparently there is another effort underway to try to stop SB 1614. And some changes that are noted below. Thought it was worth sending along. Sue Silver El Dorado County ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pamela Dallas" <pbdallas@earthlink.net> To: <CEMETERY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2002 7:22 AM Subject: [Old Bones CEMETERY-L] FW: Action Alert on SB 1614 > > This is the latest message from Iris Carter Jones, Legislative Coordinator > for the Genealogical & Historical Council of Sacramento Valley and the > California State Genealogical Alliance. > > ALERT > > Well, our esteemed Senator announced this afternoon that the Hearing > for SB1614 WILL BE HEARD on July 1, 2002. It is imperative that we > take the time to write the Assembly Judiciary Committee of our > objections. > > The Hearing will take place immediately following the Floor Session > scheduled Monday at 11 a.m. What time is the Hearing? I am sorry but > there is no way to tell. > > The Legislation will have floor session Saturday and Sunday [working > on the budget] , so there will be staff in their offices to received > you fax and Email messages. > > I am including below the Alert Statement sent by BastardNations which > will give you more details, or check my last report, June 27, 2002. > Jean has also furnished us with the list of the Committee members and > how to reach them. > > We also received information that the following language has been > removed from the bill. Obviously, they figured out that it was > unconstitutional. > > Section 1 > (d) (1) An individual, corporation, or other business entity that > purchased a comprehensive index prepared by the State Registrar > pursuant to subdivision (a) from the State Registrar prior to > December 31, 2001, may not use, or sell, share, or disclose any of > the information contained therein to a third party. > (2) Any person who, in violation of this section uses, sells, > shares, or discloses any information provided pursuant to this > section, or who uses information provided pursuant to this section in > a manner other than as authorized pursuant to this section, may be > denied further access to any personally identifying information or > confidential information maintained by the department. That person > shall also be subject to the assessment of a civil penalty by the > department in the amount of ____ ($____). The penalty provided in > this section shall not be construed as restricting any remedy, > criminal, provisional, or otherwise, provided by law for the benefit > of the department or any person. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steffen, Richard" <Richard.Steffen@sen.ca.gov> > Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 2:58 PM > On Fri, 28 Jun 2002 14:06:28 -0700, "Jean" <acconet@attbi.com> wrote: > > NOTE: The Bastard Nations has organized a rally for 12 noon on the > South Steps of the Capital with Speakers from opposition groups and > media coverage. You are invited to join the rally. If you can come > let me know. My compliments to Jean and her team for moving so quickly > to get this rally back on track. > > --------------------------------------------------------- > ACTION ALERT: > > URGENT ACTION NEEDED IN CALIFORNIA! ACCESS TO BIRTH INDEX UNDER > ATTACK! TELL CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLY JUDICIARY COMMITTEE MEMBERS: > VOTE NO ON SB1614! PRESERVE PUBLIC ACCESS TO CALIFORNIA BIRTH AND > DEATH INDICES. > > SB1614 was passed by the California Senate and will now be heard by > the California State Assembly Judiciary Committee on MONDAY, JULY 1st. > This bill is trying to zip through under the radar,and must be > derailed NOW. Please call, fax, and e-mail ALL MEMBERS OF THE > CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLY JUDICIARY COMMITTEE TODAY and urge a DO > NOT PASS vote on SB1614. Fax and e-mail should be sent by FRIDAY, JUNE > 28th. The bill, sponsored by Senator Jackie Speier, seeks to remove > California's birth and death indices from the public domain, where > they have been generally available to the public since 1905. The > passage of this bill will transform a century of public information > into closely guarded state secrets. > > SB1614 would foster secrecy in government. Citizens would no longer be > able to access government-held, public information on their own > histories and identities. This bill would create a right of > confidentiality that has never before existed. The birth and death > indexes are not and have never been personally owned, confidential > information; they are and have always been public records. SB1614 > seeks to reverse a century-long free flow of public information by > placing the use of both indexes back under strict government > regulation. > > The birth and death indices are used extensively for genealogical and > historical research, population studies, public health queries and > public policy research. SB1614 will do little to help the problem it > was intended to address - identity theft. According to the First > Amendment Coalition, most identity theft occurs through the literal > theft of mail, purses, and wallets by friends, relatives, neighbors, > and strangers - not through use of the birth and death indices. > > SUMMARY OF SB1614 > > 1. This bill would remove the comprehensive birth and death indices > from protection of the California Public Records Act. Instead, it > would make the indices confidential information - except to government > agencies. > > 2. This bill would prohibit a government agency from selling or > releasing these indices. This bill would also prohibit specified > businesses and individuals, who legally purchased the indices from the > State prior to December 31, 2001, from releasing and sharing with > others. The bill authorizes a civil penalty to enforce this > prohibition. > > 3. This bill would require the State Registrar to establish a > separate, NON comprehensive electronic birth and death indices, > available for public inspection at county recorders' offices > statewide and at the office of the State Registrar. The information to > be included in the non comprehensive indices will be determined by the > State Registrar. No printing will be allowed at these special > computer terminals. Individuals who wish to view > the non comprehensive birth or death index must certify, UNDER PENALTY > OF PERJURY, that the information they view will not be used for > criminal purposes. > > 4. This bill would permit the release of SPECIFIED personal > information to financial institutions and consumer credit reporting > agencies, for the sole purpose of determining if the person whose > information is being released is still living. > > Read the full text at: > http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_1601-1650/sb_1614_bill_20020625_amend > ed_asm.html > > > Please share this information with any lists you are on. > > * * * CONTACT INFORMATION * * * > > Send one copy of your letter to the Judiciary Committee and one to > each committee member. > > California State Assembly Judiciary Committee > 1020 N Street, Room 104 > Sacramento, CA, 95814 > Fax: (916) 319-2188 > E-mail: vanessa.cisneros@asm.ca.gov > > Ellen M. Corbett (Chair) > State Capitol > Sacramento, CA 94249-0001 > Phone: (916) 319-2018 > Fax: (916) 319-2118 > E-mail: Assemblymember.Corbett@assembly.ca.gov > > Tom Harman (Vice-Chair) > State Capitol, Room 5158 > Sacramento, CA 95814 > Phone: (916) 319-2067 > Fax: (916) 319-2167 > E-mail: Assemblymember.Harman@assembly.ca.gov > > Patricia C. Bates > State Capitol, Room 6031 > Sacramento, CA 95814 > Phone: (916) 319-2073 > Fax: (916) 319-2173 > E-mail: assemblymember.bates@assembly.ca.gov > > Robert Pacheco > State Capitol, Room 4177 > Sacramento, CA 95814 > Phone: (916) 319-2060 > Fax: (916) 319-2160 > E-mail: assemblymember.robert.pacheco@asm/ca/gov > > Rod Pacheco > State Capitol, Room 2130 > Sacramento, CA 95814 > Phone: (916) 319-2064 > Fax: (916) 319-2164 > E-mail: rod.pacheco@asm.ca.gov > > John A. Dutra > State Capitol > P.O. Box 942849 > Sacramento, CA 94249-0001 > Phone: (916) 319-2020 > Fax: (916) 319-2120 > E-mail: Assemblymember.Dutra@assembly.ca.gov > > Hannah-Beth Jackson > State Capitol > P.O. Box 942849 > Sacramento, CA 94249-0001 > Phone: (916) 319-2035 > Fax: (916) 319-2135 > E-mail: Assemblymember.Jackson@assembly.ca.gov > > Howard Wayne > State Capitol > P.O. Box 942849 > Sacramento, CA 94249-0001 > Phone: (916) 319 -2078 > Fax: (916) 319 - 2178 > E-mail: Assemblymember.Wayne@assembly.ca.gov > > Darrell Steinberg > State Capitol > P.O. Box 942849 > Sacramento, CA 94249-0001 > Phone: (916) 319-2009 > Fax: (916) 319-2109 > E-mail: assemblymember.steinberg@assembly.ca.gov > > John Longville > State Capitol > P.O. Box 942849 > Sacramento, CA 94249-0001 > Phone: (916) 319-2062 > Fax: (916) 319-2162 > E-mail: Assemblymember.Longville@assembly.ca.gov > > Juan Vargas > State Capitol, Room 2188 > Sacramento, CA 94249-0001 > Phone: (916) 319-2079 > Fax: (916) 319-2179 > Email: Assemblymember.Vargas@assembly.ca.gov > > Kevin Shelley > State Capitol, Room 319 > Sacramento, California 95814 > Phone: (916) 319-2012 > Fax: (916) 319-2112 > E-mail: Kevin.Shelley@asm.ca.gov > > Also send a copy of your Assembly Judiciary Committee letter to these > three additional addresses: > > Governor Gray Davis > State Capitol Building > Sacramento, CA 95814 > Phone: 916-445-2841 > Fax: 916-445-4633 > E-mail: governor@governor.ca.gov > > Assembly Republican Caucus > Mark Redmond > Fax: 916-319-3902 > > Bastard Nation > E-mail: letters@bastards.org > > > -- > Iris Carter Jones > CSGA Legislative Coordinator > > > > ==== CEMETERY Mailing List ==== > This list is for Cemetery RESTORATION and PRESERVATION > NOT a surname search list > Our website is at: > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Falls/7965/cemlistp.htm > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >