Lisa, Here is what the Massachusetts website has to say about the bills: http://www.mass.gov/legis/184history/h03642.htm Petition of Thomas J. O'Brien and others relative to birth, marriage and death records. 01/26/05 H Referred to the committee on Public Health  01/26/05 S Senate concurred Public Hearing date Oct 19 am at 10:00 in Room A-1 03/22/06 H Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means  -HJ 1305 All three bills list the same information I pasted above for H-3642, so they are being treated as a group so far and they are definitely still very much alive. Matt