AB898,16 14Section 16. 69.01 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898,8,1815 69.01 (8) “Direction of the state registrar" means the determination in
16individual cases that statutes are being observed, the issuance of administrative
17rules, the imposition of statutory penalties and the maintenance of communications
18within the system of vital statistics records.
AB898,17 19Section 17. 69.01 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898,8,2220 69.01 (10) “File" means the acceptance by the local registrar and the initial
21incorporation of vital records provided under this subchapter into the system of vital
22statistics records.
AB898,18 23Section 18. 69.01 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898,8,2524 69.01 (11) “Filing party" means any person who submits a vital record to a local
25registrar for filing in the system of vital statistics records.
AB898,19
1Section 19. 69.01 (15) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898,9,32 69.01 (15) (b) The city registrar responsible for filing certificates of births or
3certificates of births and deaths
death records in his or her city.
AB898,20 4Section 20. 69.01 (16m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898,9,85 69.01 (16m) “Medical certification" means those portions of a death certificate
6record that provide the cause of death, the manner of death, injury-related data, and
7any other medically-related data that is collected as prescribed by the state registrar
8under s. 69.18 (1m) (c) 2.
AB898,21 9Section 21. 69.01 (19) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898,9,1110 69.01 (19) “Registrant" means the subject of a certificate record or declaration
11which a local registrar has accepted for filing in the system of vital statistics records.
AB898,22 12Section 22. 69.01 (21) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898,9,1513 69.01 (21) “Registration district" means a county, except that a city approved
14under s. 69.04 is a registration district for filing certificates of births or certificates
15of births and deaths
death records occurring in the city.
AB898,23 16Section 23. 69.01 (24) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898,9,1817 69.01 (24) “State registrar" means the state registrar of vital statistics records
18appointed by the department under s. 69.02 (1) (b).
AB898,24 19Section 24. 69.01 (25) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898,9,2020 69.01 (25) (intro.) “System of vital statistics” records" means:
AB898,25 21Section 25. 69.01 (26) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898,9,2422 69.01 (26) (a) Certificates Records of birth, death, divorce or annulment, and
23termination of domestic partnership, marriage documents, and declarations of
24domestic partnership.
AB898,26 25Section 26. 69.01 (26) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898,10,2
169.01 (26) (c) Data related to documents records under par. (a) or worksheets
2under par. (b).
AB898,27 3Section 27. 69.01 (27) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898,10,74 69.01 (27) “Vital statistics" means the data derived from certificates records of
5birth, death, divorce or annulment, and termination of domestic partnership,
6marriage documents, declarations of domestic partnership, fetal death reports, or
7related reports.
AB898,28 8Section 28. 69.02 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898,10,99 69.02 (1) (a) Establish a unit called the office of vital statistics records.
AB898,29 10Section 29. 69.03 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898,10,1111 69.03 (2) Direct the system of vital statistics records.
AB898,30 12Section 30. 69.03 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898,10,1313 69.03 (3) Supervise the office of vital statistics records.
AB898,31 14Section 31. 69.03 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898,10,1715 69.03 (4) Act as custodian of all records in the office of vital statistics records
16and preserve, index and certify the records by photographic, electronic or other
17means, as determined by the state registrar.
AB898,32 18Section 32. 69.03 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898,11,719 69.03 (5) Under this subchapter, accept for registration, assign a date of
20acceptance, and index and preserve original certificates records of birth and, death,
21original marriage documents, original , divorce reports, original, declarations of
22domestic partnership, and original certificates of termination of domestic
23partnership. Indexes prepared for public use under s. 69.20 (3) (e) shall consist of
24the registrant's full name, date of the event, county of occurrence, county of
25residence, and, at the discretion of the state registrar, state file number.

1Notwithstanding s. 69.24 (1) (e), the state registrar may transfer the paper original
2of a vital record to optical disc or electronic format in accordance with s. 16.61 (5) or
3to microfilm reproduction in accordance with s. 16.61 (6) and destroy the paper
4original of any vital record that is so converted. For the purposes of this subchapter,
5the electronic format version or microfilm reproduction version of the paper original
6of a vital record that has been transferred under this subsection shall serve as the
7original vital record.
AB898,33 8Section 33. 69.03 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898,11,109 69.03 (6) Direct any activity related to the operation of the system of vital
10statistics records.
AB898,34 11Section 34. 69.03 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898,11,1312 69.03 (7) Conduct training programs to promote uniformity of policy and
13procedures in this state in the system of vital statistics records.
AB898,35 14Section 35. 69.03 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898,11,2015 69.03 (8) Prescribe, furnish and distribute forms required under this
16subchapter and chs. 765 and 770 and prescribe any other means for transmission of
17data necessary to accomplish complete and accurate reporting and registration.
18When reasonable and possible the state registrar shall base the prescribed forms on
19the standard forms recommended by the federal agency responsible for
20administering the national system of vital statistics records.
AB898,36 21Section 36. 69.03 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898,12,322 69.03 (11) Provide a copy or notice of Make available any vital record or
23court-ordered change of fact prepared by the state registrar under ss. 69.14 (1) (h)
24and (2) (a) and (b) 5., 69.15, 69.16 (2) and 69.19 or any authorization for an
25amendment under ss. 69.11 and 69.12 to the register of deeds of the county where the

1event which is the subject of the vital record, change of fact or amendment occurred
2and, if the event occurred in a city which is a registration district and responsible for
3registering the event, to the city registrar of the city.
AB898,37 4Section 37. 69.03 (14) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898,12,115 69.03 (14) Provide hospitals with a pamphlet containing information for
6parents about birth certificates records including how to add the name of the father
7of a child whose parents were not married at any time from the conception to the birth
8of the child to the birth certificate record under s. 69.15 (3) (b) or, if the father will
9not sign an affidavit, through a paternity action; the legal significance and future
10medical advantages to the child of having the father's name inserted on the birth
11certificate record; and the availability of services under s. 49.22.
AB898,38 12Section 38. 69.03 (15) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898,12,1613 69.03 (15) Periodically provide to each county child support agency under s.
1459.53 (5) a list of names and, notwithstanding s. 69.20 (2) (a), addresses of registrants
15who reside in that county for whom no father's name has been inserted on the
16registrant's birth certificate record within 6 months of birth.
AB898,39 17Section 39. 69.035 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898,13,218 69.035 (4) Wherever this subchapter provides for correction, delayed
19registration, copying or determination of the validity of, or disclosure of information
20from, vital records, pursuant to an order of a court, circuit court or court of competent
21jurisdiction, the state registrar shall, in a like manner, correct, register, copy,
22determine the validity of, or disclose information from, comparable vital records
23pertaining to tribally related events, pursuant to an order of the court of any
24federally recognized Indian tribe or band in this state. In order for the state registrar
25to provide access to an original birth certificate record or any accompanying

1documents in an adoption case, the tribal court which orders access to such records
2or documents shall be the court with jurisdiction over the adoption.
AB898,40 3Section 40. 69.04 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes is repealed.
AB898,41 4Section 41. 69.04 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 69.04 (1) (a) and
5amended to read:
AB898,13,116 69.04 (1) (a) The state registrar may approve a city as a registration district
7for registration of deaths occurring in the city if the state registrar has approved the
8city for registration of births under subd. 1. and
if the state registrar determines that
9the city has staff, office space, and other resources for the proper administration of
10death records, makes reasonable use of public health data derived from death
11records, and suitably preserves and cares for official city death records.
AB898,42 12Section 42. 69.04 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898,13,1413 69.04 (2) (a) The county register of deeds office shall be the place for filing vital
14records except as provided under pars. (b) and par. (c).
AB898,43 15Section 43. 69.04 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB898,44 16Section 44. 69.04 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898,13,1917 69.04 (2) (c) If a death occurs in a city which is a registration district approved
18by the state registrar for registering death certificates records, the office of the city
19registrar shall be the place for filing.
AB898,45 20Section 45. 69.04 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898,13,2221 69.04 (3) (a) Offer all records of events occurring prior to October 1, 1907, to
22the state historical society under s. 69.21 (2) (d) 1.
AB898,46 23Section 46. 69.05 (2), (3) and (3m) of the statutes are repealed.
AB898,47 24Section 47. 69.05 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898,14,6
169.05 (4) Preserve, amend and certify vital records under this subchapter by
2photographic, electronic or other means as directed by the state registrar, except that
3a local registrar may destroy birth certificates vital records on file for more than 365
4days if the state registrar determines that the local registrar has access through the
5state registrar's computer database to the information necessary to issue certified
6copies under s. 69.21 (1) (b) 2.
AB898,48 7Section 48. 69.06 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898,14,118 69.06 (1) Accept for filing, electronically sign and assign a date of acceptance
9to every original certificate records of birth and death which he or she has been
10approved to register under s. 69.04 and which is are properly presented in his or her
11office.
AB898,49 12Section 49. 69.06 (2), (3) and (5) of the statutes are repealed.
AB898,50 13Section 50. 69.07 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898,14,1614 69.07 (1) Accept for filing, electronically sign and assign a date of acceptance
15to every original vital record properly records presented in his or her office under this
16chapter
.
AB898,51 17Section 51. 69.07 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
AB898,52 18Section 52. 69.08 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898,14,2019 69.08 (1) Is on a form prepared in the method prescribed or supplied for the
20record
by the state registrar.
AB898,53 21Section 53. 69.08 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898,14,2422 69.08 (2) Is prepared on a typewriter with unworn black ribbon in the method
23prescribed
or is printed legibly in black permanent ink applied directly to the form
24paper.
AB898,54 25Section 54. 69.08 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898,15,2
169.08 (3) Supplies all items of information required by the form or gives a
2reason approved by the state registrar for the omission of any item.
AB898,55 3Section 55. 69.08 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898,15,64 69.08 (5) Contains the electronic signatures which are required on the form
5and which are or signatures written in black permanent ink applied directly to the
6form paper.
AB898,56 7Section 56. 69.08 (6) of the statutes is repealed.
AB898,57 8Section 57. 69.08 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898,15,99 69.08 (7) Contains the dated electronic signature of the local registrar.
AB898,58 10Section 58. 69.10 (1) (intro.) and (b) of the statutes are consolidated,
11renumbered 69.10 (1) and amended to read:
AB898,15,1412 69.10 (1) Until 365 days after the occurrence of an event which is the subject
13of a vital record: (b) The, the state registrar or a local registrar may correct an error
14in the record if he or she determines that the error is obviously inadvertent.
AB898,59 15Section 59. 69.10 (1) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
AB898,60 16Section 60. 69.11 (3) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898,15,2017 69.11 (3) (b) 1. Name, sex, date of birth, place of birth, parents' surnames and
18marital status of parents, if the vital record is a birth certificate record and if the
19amendment is accompanied by a statement which the filing party has submitted to
20support the amendment.
AB898,61 21Section 61. 69.11 (3) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898,15,2422 69.11 (3) (b) 2. Cause of death, if the vital record is a death certificate record
23and if the amendment is accompanied by a statement that the person who signed the
24medical certification has submitted to support the amendment.
AB898,62 25Section 62. 69.11 (3) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898,16,3
169.11 (3) (c) (intro.) The following, on a form supplied prepared in the method
2prescribed
by the state registrar, may request the state registrar to act under this
3subsection:
AB898,63 4Section 63. 69.11 (3) (e) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898,16,135 69.11 (3) (e) 1. If the state registrar determines that a vital record should be
6amended under this subsection, he or she shall send a notice of the need for an
7amendment to the filing party, the certifier of the cause of death or the county clerk
8responsible for the vital record or to the local registrar who filed the record. If the
9local registrar receives the notice, he or she shall obtain the correct information from
10the filing party, certifier of the cause of death or county clerk responsible for the vital
11record, change the information on his or her copy of the vital record and send a copy
12of the changed record to the state registrar
and provide the correct information to the
13state registrar in the manner prescribed
.
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