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Certificate of Death Amendments
2025 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Bridger Bolinder
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LONG TITLE
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General Description:
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This bill requires the collection of information related to firefighter service on a certificate
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of death.
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Highlighted Provisions:
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This bill:
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▸ requires the collection of information related to firefighter service on a certificate of
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death; and
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▸ makes technical changes.
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Money Appropriated in this Bill:
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None
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Other Special Clauses:
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None
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Utah Code Sections Affected:
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AMENDS:
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26B-8-103, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2024, Chapter 295
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
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Section 1. Section 26B-8-103 is amended to read:
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26B-8-103 . Content and form of certificates and reports.
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(1) As used in this section:
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(a) "Additional information" means information that is beyond the information
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necessary to comply with federal standards or state law for registering a birth.
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(b) "Diacritical mark" means a mark on a letter from the ISO basic Latin alphabet used
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to indicate a special pronunciation.
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(c) "Diacritical mark" includes accents, tildes, graves, umlauts, and cedillas.
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(2) Except as provided in Subsection (8), to promote and maintain nationwide uniformity in
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the vital records system, the forms of certificates, certification, reports, and other
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documents and records required by this part or the rules implementing this part shall H.B. 113 01-06 15:34
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include as a minimum the items recommended by the federal agency responsible for
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national vital statistics, subject to approval, additions, and modifications by the
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department.
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(3) Certificates, certifications, forms, reports, other documents and records, and the form of
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communications between persons required by this part shall be prepared in the format
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prescribed by department rule.
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(4) All vital records shall include the date of filing.
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(5) Certificates, certifications, forms, reports, other documents and records, and
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communications between persons required by this part may be signed, filed, verified,
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registered, and stored by photographic, electronic, or other means as prescribed by
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department rule.
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(6)(a) An individual may use a diacritical mark in an application for a vital record.
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(b) The office shall record a diacritical mark on a vital record as indicated on the
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application for the vital record.
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(7) The absence of a diacritical mark on a vital record does not render the document invalid
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or affect any constructive notice imparted by proper recordation of the document.
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(8)(a) The state:
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(i) may collect the Social Security number of a deceased individual; and
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(ii) may not include the Social Security number of an individual on a certificate of
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death.
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(b) For registering a birth, the department may not require an individual to provide
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additional information.
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(c) Among any additional information about military service the state collects during the
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completion of a certificate of death, the state shall also collect information regarding
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whether the deceased was a firefighter.
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[(c)] (d) The department may request additional information if the department provides a
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written statement that:
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(i) discloses that providing the additional information is voluntary;
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(ii) discloses how the additional information will be used and the duration of use;
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(iii) describes how the department prevents the additional information from being
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used in a manner different from the disclosure given under Subsection [(8)(c)(ii)]
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(8)(d)(ii); and
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(iv) includes a notice that the individual is consenting to the department's use of the
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additional information by providing the additional information.
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[(d)] (e)(i) Beginning July 1, 2022, an individual may submit a written request to the
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department to de-identify the individual's additional information contained in the
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department's databases.
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(ii) Upon receiving the written request, the department shall:
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(A) de-identify the additional information; and
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(B) for additional information that is inherently identifying, delete the inherently
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identifying additional information.
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[(e)] (f) The department shall de-identify or delete additional information contained in
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the department's databases before the additional information is held by the
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department for longer than six years.
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Section 2. Effective date.
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This bill takes effect on May 7, 2025.
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