From Dick Eastman's Blog Oregon Legislators Attempt to Restrict Access to Birth, Marriage, and Death Certificates Listen with webReader Oregon House Bill 2093 contains wording that, if passed, will restrict family members and genealogists from accessing records that have been previously available to them. In Section 33 of the proposal, ORS 432.121 will be amended to allow the issuance of records only "when 125 years have elapsed after the date of live birth, 75 years have elapsed after the date of death or fetal death or 100 years have elapsed after the date of marriage, domestic partnership, dissolution of marriage or dissolution of domestic partnership." The deadline for input is April 8th (next week!). NOTE: This proposal will change today's rules: Death records become available after 50 years Marriage become available after 75 years Birth records become available after 100 years However, the new rules will not apply to "the subject of the record; spouse, child, parent, sibling or legal guardian of the subject of the record; an authorized representative of the subject of the record, spouse, child, parent, sibling or legal guardian of the subject of the record; and, in the case of death, marriage or divorce records, to other next of kin." Those individuals may obtain copies at any time. The full text of the proposal may be found at http://landru.leg.state.or.us/13reg/measures/hb2000.dir/hb2093.intro.html. Submitted to ORFORUM by Stan Clarke

While HB 2093 may be inactive now it could have even greater repercussions if passed. If the time is extended for vital records to become historic they might also be delayed from filing in the State Archives. Greg Sent from my iPad On Apr 3, 2013, at 6:59 AM, "Stanley R. Clarke" <srclarke@ix.netcom.com> wrote: > > From Dick Eastman's Blog > Oregon Legislators Attempt to Restrict Access to Birth, Marriage, and Death > Certificates > Listen with webReader > Oregon House Bill 2093 contains wording that, if passed, will restrict > family members and genealogists from accessing records that have been > previously available to them. In Section 33 of the proposal, ORS 432.121 > will be amended to allow the issuance of records only "when 125 years have > elapsed after the date of live birth, 75 years have elapsed after the date > of death or fetal death or 100 years have elapsed after the date of > marriage, domestic partnership, dissolution of marriage or dissolution of > domestic partnership." The deadline for input is April 8th (next week!). > NOTE: This proposal will change today's rules: > Death records become available after 50 years > Marriage become available after 75 years > Birth records become available after 100 years > However, the new rules will not apply to "the subject of the record; spouse, > child, parent, sibling or legal guardian of the subject of the record; an > authorized representative of the subject of the record, spouse, child, > parent, sibling or legal guardian of the subject of the record; and, in the > case of death, marriage or divorce records, to other next of kin." Those > individuals may obtain copies at any time. > The full text of the proposal may be found at > http://landru.leg.state.or.us/13reg/measures/hb2000.dir/hb2093.intro.html. > Submitted to ORFORUM by Stan Clarke > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORFORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

This information is from Kuri Gill, and others at the legislature. The bill would increase the elapsed time for the public to have use of vital statistics. There will be a hearing in Salem on April 10, 1:00 pm-2:25 pm, at the Capitol. Just where I have not as yet heard. I do not know how to get this information disseminated properly. I read the gfo list, but know that not every one has it. Judy Goldmann House Bill 2093 contains following provision: (4) The preservation management program must provide for the continued availability of historic vital record documents and information for research and related purposes. Vital records are historic when 125 years have elapsed after the date of live birth, 75 years have elapsed after the date of death or fetal death or 100 years have elapsed after the date of marriage, domestic partnership, dissolution of marriage or dissolution of domestic partnership. Supporting documents, including corrections and acknowledgments of paternity, may be included with historic vital records. Records under seal are not historic unless unsealed by court order. Currently, 100 years after birth 50 years after death 75 years after marriage now they want to increase to 100 years for marriage 75 years for death 125 years for birth The bill was introduced at the agency level at the request of the governor as stated in the bill. You may follow the bill by using this website.http://www.leg.state.or.us/mag/home.htm It is currently in the Health Care House Committee. The House committee on Health Care, Chairperson is Mitch Greenlick. https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2013R1/Committees/HHC/Overview The text of 2013 HB 2093, as introduced is available via the links below. If you scroll down, you will find a section 33. The text in italics is the text proposed to be removed from the statute. In this case, the ORS being amended is ORS 432.121. The text in bold is text which will be added to the statute. The current text of ORS 432.121 (Disclosure and certification of records and reports; rules) can be found at: http://www.leg.state.or.us/ors/432.html On Apr 3, 2013, at 9:59 AM, Stanley R. Clarke wrote: > > From Dick Eastman's Blog > Oregon Legislators Attempt to Restrict Access to Birth, Marriage, > and Death > Certificates > Listen with webReader > Oregon House Bill 2093 contains wording that, if passed, will > restrict > family members and genealogists from accessing records that have > been > previously available to them. In Section 33 of the proposal, ORS > 432.121 > will be amended to allow the issuance of records only "when 125 > years have > elapsed after the date of live birth, 75 years have elapsed after > the date > of death or fetal death or 100 years have elapsed after the > date of > marriage, domestic partnership, dissolution of marriage or > dissolution of > domestic partnership." The deadline for input is April 8th (next > week!). > NOTE: This proposal will change today's rules: > Death records become available after 50 years > Marriage become available after 75 years > Birth records become available after 100 years > However, the new rules will not apply to "the subject of the > record; spouse, > child, parent, sibling or legal guardian of the subject of the > record; an > authorized representative of the subject of the record, spouse, > child, > parent, sibling or legal guardian of the subject of the record; > and, in the > case of death, marriage or divorce records, to other next of kin." > Those > individuals may obtain copies at any time. > The full text of the proposal may be > found at > http://landru.leg.state.or.us/13reg/measures/hb2000.dir/hb2093.intro.html > . > Submitted to ORFORUM by Stan Clarke > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORFORUM-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > > Judy Goldmann gate736@gmail.com NEW ADDRESS