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| 2 | 2 | FILED ON: 3/14/2024 | |
| 3 | 3 | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4483 | |
| 4 | 4 | Substituted, on motion of Mr. Walsh of Peabody, for a bill with the same title (House, No. 3092). | |
| 5 | 5 | March 14, 2024. | |
| 6 | 6 | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts | |
| 7 | 7 | _______________ | |
| 8 | 8 | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court | |
| 9 | 9 | (2023-2024) | |
| 10 | 10 | _______________ | |
| 11 | 11 | An Act relative to restricted vital records. | |
| 12 | 12 | Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to | |
| 13 | 13 | expand access to information about vital statistics, therefore it is hereby declared to be an | |
| 14 | 14 | emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public convenience. | |
| 15 | 15 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority | |
| 16 | 16 | of the same, as follows: | |
| 17 | 17 | 1 SECTION 1. Section 2A of chapter 46 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 | |
| 18 | 18 | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 1 and 2, the following words:- | |
| 19 | 19 | 3children born out of wedlock or. | |
| 20 | 20 | 4 SECTION 2. Said section 2A of said chapter 46, as so appearing, is hereby further | |
| 21 | 21 | 5amended by striking out, in lines 5 and 6, the following words:- , or those of persons born out of | |
| 22 | 22 | 6wedlock. |