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
.
AB898,64 14Section 64. 69.11 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898,17,315 69.11 (4) (b) The state registrar may amend an item on a birth certificate record
16that affects information about the name, sex, date of birth, place of birth, parent's
17name, or marital status of the mother if 365 days have elapsed since the occurrence
18of the event that is the subject of the birth certificate record, if the amendment is at
19the request of a person with a direct and tangible interest in the record and is on a
20request form supplied
in the manner prescribed by the state registrar, and if the
21amendment is accompanied by 2 items of documentary evidence from early childhood
22that are sufficient to prove that the item to be changed is in error and by the affidavit
23of the person requesting the amendment. A change in the marital status on the birth
24certificate record may be made under this paragraph only if the marital status is
25inconsistent with information concerning the father or husband that appears on the

1birth certificate record. This paragraph may not be used to add to or delete from a
2birth certificate record the name of a parent, to change the identity of a parent named
3on the birth certificate record, or to effect a name change prohibited under s. 301.47.
AB898,65 4Section 65. 69.11 (5) (a) 2. d. of the statutes is repealed.
AB898,66 5Section 66. 69.11 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898,17,106 69.11 (5) (b) If under sub. (4) (b) the state or local registrar makes an
7amendment other than on the face of the original copy of a vital record, he or she shall
8file an amendment form which includes an affidavit by the person requesting the
9amendment, the information which is stricken, the information inserted and an
10abstract of the documents supporting the amendment documentation.
AB898,67 11Section 67. 69.12 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898,18,412 69.12 (1) If the state registrar cannot make an amendment to a vital record
13under s. 69.11 and a person with a direct and tangible interest in the vital record
14alleges that information on the vital record does not represent the actual facts in
15effect at the time the record was filed, the person may petition the circuit court of the
16county in which the event which is the subject of the vital record is alleged to have
17occurred. The petition shall be accompanied by a certified copy of the original vital
18record. If the court finds that the petitioner has established the actual facts of the
19event in effect when the record was filed, the clerk of court shall report the court's
20determination to the state registrar on a form in the manner prescribed by the state
21registrar, along with the fee required under s. 69.22 (5) (a) 2. Upon receipt of the
22report, the state registrar shall, if information as to the cause of death on an original
23certificate of
a death record is changed or if information on a marriage certificate
24record concerning the identity of a parent of a party to a marriage is changed, act
25under sub. (4), or shall change the record under s. 69.11 (5) and if the record is not

1enabled in the state system of vital records,
send a notice of the change the amended
2record
to the local registrar who shall make the change in replace the record filed in
3his or her office. This subsection does not apply to a name change prohibited under
4s. 301.47.
AB898,68 5Section 68. 69.12 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898,18,86 69.12 (2) A court may not order amendment of the names of the parents of a
7registrant on a birth certificate record on the grounds of termination of parental
8rights or termination of custody.
AB898,69 9Section 69. 69.12 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898,18,1110 69.12 (3) The state registrar shall amend under s. 69.11 (5) an item on a birth
11certificate record as directed by an order under this section.
AB898,70 12Section 70. 69.12 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898,18,1813 69.12 (4) (a) If a court's determination under sub. (1) changes information as
14to the cause of death on an original certificate of a death record or changes
15information on a marriage certificate record concerning the identity of a parent of a
16party to the marriage and the court in accordance with the petition orders the
17creation of a new certificate of death or marriage certificate record, the state
18registrar shall do all of the following:
AB898,19,519 1. Prepare a new certificate of death or a new marriage certificate record,
20whichever is applicable. On a new certificate of death record, the state registrar shall
21omit the changed information, including the name of the physician, coroner or
22medical examiner who certified the cause of death and enter any other original and
23any new information, including the name of the judge and the date of the order, sign
24the new information, enter any notation of support in the margin of the record and
25insert a note that the certificate of death record has been amended. On a new

1marriage certificate record, the state registrar shall omit the changed information
2concerning the identity of a parent of a party to the marriage, enter the unchanged
3information from the original certificate record, and enter any new information
4included in the court order concerning the identity of a parent of a party to the
5marriage, but shall not note that the certificate record is amended.
AB898,19,106 2. Register a new certificate of death or marriage certificate record created
7under this subsection and impound the original certificate of death or marriage
8certificate record and all correspondence, affidavits, court orders, and other related
9materials and prohibit access except by court order or except by the state registrar
10for processing purposes.
AB898,19,1411 3. Send a copy of any new certificate of death or marriage certificate record
12registered under this subsection to the local registrar who filed the original of the
13replaced certificate of death or marriage certificate
, if the record is not enabled in the
14state system of vital records
.
AB898,19,1715 (b) Upon receipt of the copy under par. (a) 3., the local registrar shall destroy
16his or her copy of the replaced certificate of death or marriage certificate record and
17file the new certificate of death or marriage certificate record.
AB898,71 18Section 71. 69.12 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898,19,2319 69.12 (5) A change in the marital status on the certificate record of birth may
20be requested under this section only if the marital status is inconsistent with father
21or husband information appearing on the certificate of birth record. This section may
22not be used to add or delete the name of a parent on the certificate record of birth or
23change the identity of either parent named on the certificate of birth record.
AB898,72 24Section 72. 69.13 (intro.) and (1) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB898,20,5
169.13 Correction of facts misrepresented by informant for certificate
2record of birth. (intro.) The state registrar may, under an order issued by the
3circuit court of the county in which a birth occurred, correct information about the
4parent or the marital status of the mother on a certificate record of birth that is
5registered in this state if all of the following conditions apply:
AB898,20,8 6(1) The correction may not be accomplished under s. 69.11, 69.12, or 69.15
7because the disputed information was misrepresented by the informant during the
8preparation of the birth certificate record.
AB898,72 9Section 72. 69.13 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898,20,1110 69.13 (2) (a) A petition for correction filed by a person with a direct and tangible
11interest in the certificate of birth record.
AB898,73 12Section 73. 69.13 (2) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898,20,1313 69.13 (2) (b) 1. A certified copy of the original certificate of birth record.
AB898,74 14Section 74. 69.13 (2) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898,20,1915 69.13 (2) (b) 4. If relevant to the correction sought, a certified copy of a marriage
16document, a certified copy of a certificate of record, divorce or annulment record, or
17a final divorce decree that indicates that the mother was not married to the person
18listed as her husband at any time during the pregnancy, a legal name change order,
19or any other legal document that clarifies the disputed information.
AB898,75 20Section 75. 69.13 (2) (b) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898,20,2221 69.13 (2) (b) 5. A statement signed by the certificate record of birth informant
22or the petitioner acknowledging that the disputed information was misrepresented.
AB898,76 23Section 76. 69.14 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 69.14 (1) (a) and
24amended to read:
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