The Bill--HB100 passed with some changes to the Bill in the House of Rep., but was never brought up for a re-vote in the KY Senate during this session, so did not become law thanks to the correspondance from the many genealogists who protested. If you have interests in these documents from Kentucky, please voice your protests as it is sure to come up again in the next session.. Many thanks, Betty Frazer ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2004 11:09 AM Subject: [NCBurke] PLEASE READ KENTUCKY TO TRY AGAIN TO STOP US GETTING RECORDS > The Kentucky Legislature is getting ready to drastically limit > access to Kentucky vital records including BIRTHS, DEATHS, > MARRIAGES, and DIVORCE. > > (MILITARY RECORDS are also being limited but I do not know > which bill is involved.) > > You can find the entire bill at: > http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/record/04rs/HB100/SCS1.doc > > Death certificates will still be public record after 50 years but > more recent death certificates will only be available to: > 1. the decedent's widow or widower, > 2. child eighteen (18) years of age or older > 3. parent > 4. grandparent > 5. sibling eighteen (18) years of age or older > 6. funeral director handling the decedent's funeral arrangements > 7. personal representative of the decedent's estate > 8. a named beneficiary of an insurance policy of the decedent > 9. a person with a claim against the decedent's estate > > This means that genealogists can no longer order great-uncle Jasper's > death certificate to see his parents' names. > > Birth records will be have limited access while the person is living but > will still be public record after 100 years. Divorce and marriage records > will be closed for 70 years. > > We are very late in the process. > Jan 6-introduced in House; to Health and Welfare (H) > Jan 15-posted in committee > Jan 29-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee > Substitute > Jan 30-2nd reading, to Rules; floor amendment (1) filed to Committee > Substitute > Feb 2-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, > February 3, 2004 > Feb 10-3rd reading, passed 94-2 with Committee Substitute, floor > amendment (1) > Feb 11-received in Senate > Feb 17-to State and Local Government (S) > Mar 16-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee > Substitute > Mar 17-2nd reading, to Rules > THIS TUESDAY, March 23, this bill will be voted on in the full Senate. If > it > passes, it will go to Gov. Fletcher for his signature into law. > > Call and email your senator and let him know that you want HB 100 to fail. > Time is critical! Do it by Monday, at the latest. > > You can find your Senator at > http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/whoswho/whoswho.htm > > Telephone: 502-564-8100 > FAX : 502-564-6543 > Postal address: 700 Capitol Avenue, Frankfort, KY 40601 > > Toll Free Numbers - 2004 Session (only for Kentucky) > Bill Status Line: 1-866-301-9004 > Legislative Message Line: 1-800-372-7181 > > This is the same bill that failed in committee during the last > Legislative session. The genealogists of the state worked together > to stop its passage. Please pass this information along to others. > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > ==== NCBURKE Mailing List ==== > NCBURKE-L [Co., NC] Mailing List - Sharing information on Historic Burke Co., NC > For further info, see http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncburke/ > Our thanks to RootsWeb.com for hosting this list and web page >