Hi all, Well I wrote as I told you to Delegate Sam Nixon this past Friday and HB2426 and still have received no response. However I checked out the bill apparently in late January there was a substitute accepted and the house voted on February 1 in the affirmative for this substitute version which is aas follows: 030940904 HOUSE BILL NO. 2426 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the House Committee on General Laws on January 28, 2003) (Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Nixon) A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 2.2-3808.2, relating to posting certain information on the Internet; prohibitions. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 2.2-3808.2 as follows: § 2.2-3808.2. Posting certain information on the Internet; prohibitions. A. Beginning July 1, 2003, no state agency or court clerk shall post on a state agency or court-controlled website any document that contains the following information: (i) an actual signature; (ii) a social security number; (iii) a date of birth identified with a particular person; (iv) the maiden name of a person's parent so as to be identified with a particular person; (v) any financial account number or numbers; or (vi) the name and age of any minor child. B. Every agency and every court clerk that posts any document on a state agency or court-controlled website may require that any party who files documents in any form with such agency or clerk provide, in addition to the original document, a redacted copy of such documents that excises the information prohibited by subsection A. Failure to provide such redacted copy shall relieve the agency or court clerk of any liability or responsibility in the event that such information is posted on a state agency or court-controlled website. Each such agency and clerk shall post notice that (i) includes a list of the documents routinely posted on its website, (ii) the information listed in subsection A shall be redacted from such documents, and (iii) such documents are for informational purposes only. Such notice shall indicate the location of the original document. C. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit access to any original document as provided by law. As you can see it does not mention in particular living persons though I am sure that is whose rights they are trying to protect. I still need to check with LVA to see if this affects(though I doubt it) what old info on our ancestors they have on the net. When they say state agency though I believe they mean actual agencies of the state like DMV, health department, etc. I don't believe the library is considered an agency. It is really the state archives. Just thought I would update you all on this. I would think this would have to go to the state senate now. God bless, Beth familytr@att.net