Amendment #2 to H4672

Birth Certificate Modernization

Ms. Shand of Newburyport moves to amend the bill by adding the following section:

"SECTION XX. Section 1 of chapter 46 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the second paragraph and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph: -

In the record of births, name, date of birth, place of birth, and sex of child; legal names, dates of birth, residences, places of birth and surname at birth or adoption of parents. In the record of birth of a child born to parents not married to each other, the name of and other facts relating to the other parent or parents shall not be recorded except as provided in section 2 of chapter 209C where parentage has been acknowledged or adjudicated under the laws of the commonwealth or under the law of any other jurisdiction."

Additional co-sponsor(s) added to Amendment #2 to H4672

Birth Certificate Modernization