| 6 | 6 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 7 | 7 | | AN ACT |
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| 8 | 8 | | To amend Code Section 31-10-14 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to |
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| 10 | 10 | | issuance of a new birth certificate following adoption and legitimation or paternity2 |
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| 11 | 11 | | determination, so as to provide for the issuance of a copy of the original birth certificate to3 |
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| 12 | 12 | | certain adult persons who were adopted; to provide for a fee; to provide for the form of such4 |
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| 13 | 13 | | copy; to standardize terminology relating to birth certificates; to provide for a short title; to5 |
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| 14 | 14 | | provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.6 |
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| 15 | 15 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:7 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SECTION 1.8 |
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| 17 | 17 | | This Act shall be known and may be cited as "Andee's Law."9 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 2.10 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Code Section 31-10-14 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to issuance of a11 |
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| 20 | 20 | | new birth certificate following adoption and legitimation or paternity determination, is12 |
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| 21 | 21 | | amended by adding a new subsection to read as follows:13 |
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| 22 | 22 | | "(h)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code section or any other provision |
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| 23 | 23 | | 14 |
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| 24 | 24 | | of law, any person who is 18 years of age or older who was born in this state and for15 |
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| 25 | 25 | | S. B. 100 |
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| 26 | 26 | | - 1 - 25 LC 44 2993 |
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| 27 | 27 | | whom a new birth certificate was established pursuant to paragraph (1) of subsection (a)16 |
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| 28 | 28 | | of this Code section may request and receive a copy of his or her original birth certificate17 |
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| 29 | 29 | | by complying with the provisions of this subsection. The state registrar shall require a18 |
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| 30 | 30 | | person seeking an original birth certificate to pay the fee for a birth certificate as19 |
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| 31 | 31 | | prescribed pursuant to Code Section 31-10-27. The copy of the original birth certificate20 |
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| 32 | 32 | | shall be in a form that clearly indicates it is not a certified copy and that it may not be21 |
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| 33 | 33 | | used for legal purposes.22 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (2) If the person who was born in this state and for whom a new birth certificate was23 |
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| 35 | 35 | | established pursuant to paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this Code section is deceased,24 |
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| 36 | 36 | | any parent, sibling, or descendant of that person may receive a copy of the decedent's25 |
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| 37 | 37 | | original birth certificate pursuant to the procedures contained in this subsection.26 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (3) This subsection shall apply to all applications for original birth certificates for27 |
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| 39 | 39 | | adopted persons presented to the state registrar on or after July 1, 2025."28 |
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| 40 | 40 | | SECTION 3.29 |
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| 41 | 41 | | The Official Code of Georgia Annotated is amended by replacing "certificate of birth" and30 |
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| 42 | 42 | | "certificates of birth" wherever either such term occurs with "birth certificate" and "birth31 |
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| 43 | 43 | | certificates", respectively, in:32 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (1) Code Section 19-3-36, relating to proof of age of applicants for marriage license;33 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (2) Code Section 19-7-46.1, relating to effect of father's name or social security number34 |
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| 46 | 46 | | on records as evidence of paternity;35 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (3) Code Section 31-10-1, relating to definitions relative to vital records, in36 |
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| 48 | 48 | | paragraph (14);37 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (4) Code Section 31-10-6, relating to local registrars, local custodians, special abstracting38 |
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| 50 | 50 | | agents, and deputies;39 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (5) Code Section 31-10-8, relating to certification to county treasurers of birth and death40 |
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| 52 | 52 | | certificates and spontaneous fetal death reports;41 |
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| 53 | 53 | | S. B. 100 |
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| 54 | 54 | | - 2 - 25 LC 44 2993 |
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| 55 | 55 | | (6) Code Section 31-10-9, relating to registration of births; |
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| 57 | 57 | | (7) Code Section 31-10-9.1, relating to social security account information of parents;43 |
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| 58 | 58 | | (8) Code Section 31-10-10, relating to registration of live born infants of unknown44 |
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| 59 | 59 | | parentage;45 |
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| 60 | 60 | | (9) Code Section 31-10-11, relating to registration of delayed certificate of birth;46 |
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| 61 | 61 | | (10) Code Section 31-10-12, relating to judicial procedure to establish facts of birth;47 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (11) Code Section 31-10-13, relating to certificates of adoption;48 |
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| 63 | 63 | | (12) Code Section 31-10-14, relating to issuance of new certificate of birth following49 |
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| 64 | 64 | | adoption and legitimation or paternity determination;50 |
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| 65 | 65 | | (13) Code Section 31-10-23, relating to amendment of certificates or reports;51 |
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| 66 | 66 | | (14) Code Section 31-10-26, relating to issuance of certified copies of vital records,52 |
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| 67 | 67 | | voluntary acknowledgments of paternity, and voluntary acknowledgments of53 |
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| 68 | 68 | | legitimation;54 |
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| 69 | 69 | | (15) Code Section 31-10-28, relating to institutions to keep vital records;55 |
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| 70 | 70 | | (16) Code Section 31-10-31, relating to penalties; and56 |
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| 71 | 71 | | (17) Code Section 31-10-33, relating to procedure for stillbirth.57 |
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| 72 | 72 | | SECTION 4.58 |
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| 73 | 73 | | All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.59 |
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| 74 | 74 | | S. B. 100 |
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| 75 | 75 | | - 3 - |
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