AB898-ASA1,21 9Section 21. 69.01 (27) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,8,1310 69.01 (27) “Vital statistics" means the data derived from certificates records of
11birth, death, divorce or annulment, and termination of domestic partnership,
12marriage documents, declarations of domestic partnership, fetal death reports, or
13related reports.
AB898-ASA1,22 14Section 22. 69.02 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,8,1515 69.02 (1) (a) Establish a unit called the office of vital statistics records.
AB898-ASA1,23 16Section 23. 69.03 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,8,1717 69.03 (2) Direct the system of vital statistics records.
AB898-ASA1,24 18Section 24. 69.03 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,8,1919 69.03 (3) Supervise the office of vital statistics records.
AB898-ASA1,25 20Section 25. 69.03 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,8,2321 69.03 (4) Act as custodian of all records in the office of vital statistics records
22and preserve, index and certify the records by photographic, electronic or other
23means, as determined by the state registrar.
AB898-ASA1,26 24Section 26. 69.03 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,9,14
169.03 (5) Under this subchapter, accept for registration, assign a date of
2acceptance, and index and preserve original certificates of birth and death, original
3marriage documents, original divorce reports, original declarations of domestic
4partnership,
and original certificates of termination of records of birth, death,
5divorce, and
domestic partnership. Indexes prepared for public use under s. 69.20
6(3) (e) shall consist of the registrant's full name, date of the event, county of
7occurrence, county of residence, and, at the discretion of the state registrar, state file
8number. Notwithstanding s. 69.24 (1) (e), the state registrar may transfer the paper
9original of a vital record to optical disc or electronic format in accordance with s. 16.61
10(5) or to microfilm reproduction in accordance with s. 16.61 (6) and destroy the paper
11original of any vital record that is so converted. For the purposes of this subchapter,
12the electronic format version or microfilm reproduction version of the paper original
13of a vital record that has been transferred under this subsection shall serve as the
14original vital record.
AB898-ASA1,27 15Section 27. 69.03 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,9,1716 69.03 (6) Direct any activity related to the operation of the system of vital
17statistics records.
AB898-ASA1,28 18Section 28. 69.03 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,9,2019 69.03 (7) Conduct training programs to promote uniformity of policy and
20procedures in this state in the system of vital statistics records.
AB898-ASA1,29 21Section 29. 69.03 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,9,2522 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-ASA1,30 4Section 30. 69.03 (14) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,10,115 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-ASA1,31 12Section 31. 69.03 (15) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,10,1613 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-ASA1,32 17Section 32. 69.04 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes is repealed.
AB898-ASA1,33 18Section 33. 69.04 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 69.04 (1) (a) and
19amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,10,2520 69.04 (1) (a) The state registrar may approve a city as a registration district
21for registration of deaths occurring in the city if the state registrar has approved the
22city for registration of births under subd. 1. and
if the state registrar determines that
23the city has staff, office space, and other resources for the proper administration of
24death records, makes reasonable use of public health data derived from death
25records, and suitably preserves and cares for official city death records.
AB898-ASA1,34
1Section 34. 69.04 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,11,32 69.04 (2) (a) The county register of deeds office shall be the place for filing vital
3records except as provided under pars. (b) and par. (c).
AB898-ASA1,35 4Section 35. 69.04 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB898-ASA1,36 5Section 36. 69.04 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,11,86 69.04 (2) (c) If a death occurs in a city which is a registration district approved
7by the state registrar for registering death certificates records, the office of the city
8registrar shall be the place for filing.
AB898-ASA1,37 9Section 37. 69.04 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,11,1110 69.04 (3) (a) Offer all records of events occurring prior to October 1, 1907, to
11the state historical society under s. 69.21 (2) (d) 1.
AB898-ASA1,38 12Section 38. 69.05 (2), (3) and (3m) of the statutes are repealed.
AB898-ASA1,39 13Section 39. 69.05 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,11,1914 69.05 (4) Preserve, amend and certify vital records under this subchapter by
15photographic, electronic or other means as directed by the state registrar, except that
16a local registrar may destroy birth certificates vital records on file for more than 365
17days if the state registrar determines that the local registrar has access through the
18state registrar's computer database to the information necessary to issue certified
19copies under s. 69.21 (1) (b) 2.
AB898-ASA1,40 20Section 40. 69.06 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,11,2421 69.06 (1) Accept for filing, electronically sign and assign a date of acceptance
22to every original certificate records of birth and death which he or she has been
23approved to register under s. 69.04 and which is are properly presented in his or her
24office.
AB898-ASA1,41 25Section 41. 69.06 (2), (3) and (5) of the statutes are repealed.
AB898-ASA1,42
1Section 42. 69.07 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,12,42 69.07 (1) Accept for filing, electronically sign and assign a date of acceptance
3to every original vital record properly records presented in his or her office under this
4chapter
.
AB898-ASA1,43 5Section 43. 69.07 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
AB898-ASA1,44 6Section 44. 69.08 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,12,87 69.08 (1) Is on a form prepared in the method prescribed or supplied for the
8record
by the state registrar.
AB898-ASA1,45 9Section 45. 69.08 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,12,1210 69.08 (2) Is prepared on a typewriter with unworn black ribbon in the method
11prescribed
or is printed legibly in black permanent ink applied directly to the form
12paper.
AB898-ASA1,46 13Section 46. 69.08 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,12,1514 69.08 (3) Supplies all items of information required by the form or gives a
15reason approved by the state registrar for the omission of any item.
AB898-ASA1,47 16Section 47. 69.08 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,12,1917 69.08 (5) Contains the electronic signatures which are required on the form
18and which are or signatures written in black permanent ink applied directly to the
19form paper.
AB898-ASA1,48 20Section 48. 69.08 (6) of the statutes is repealed.
AB898-ASA1,49 21Section 49. 69.08 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,12,2222 69.08 (7) Contains the dated electronic signature of the local registrar.
AB898-ASA1,50 23Section 50. 69.10 (1) (intro.) and (b) of the statutes are consolidated,
24renumbered 69.10 (1) and amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,13,3
169.10 (1) Until 365 days after the occurrence of an event which is the subject
2of a vital record: (b) The, the state registrar or a local registrar may correct an error
3in the record if he or she determines that the error is obviously inadvertent.
AB898-ASA1,51 4Section 51. 69.10 (1) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
AB898-ASA1,52 5Section 52. 69.11 (3) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,13,96 69.11 (3) (b) 1. Name, sex, date of birth, place of birth, parents' surnames and
7marital status of parents, if the vital record is a birth certificate record and if the
8amendment is accompanied by a statement which the filing party has submitted to
9support the amendment.
AB898-ASA1,53 10Section 53. 69.11 (3) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,13,1311 69.11 (3) (b) 2. Cause of death, if the vital record is a death certificate record
12and if the amendment is accompanied by a statement that the person who signed the
13medical certification has submitted to support the amendment.
AB898-ASA1,54 14Section 54. 69.11 (3) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,13,1715 69.11 (3) (c) (intro.) The following, on a form supplied prepared in the method
16prescribed
by the state registrar, may request the state registrar to act under this
17subsection:
AB898-ASA1,55 18Section 55. 69.11 (3) (e) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,14,219 69.11 (3) (e) 1. If the state registrar determines that a vital record should be
20amended under this subsection, he or she shall send a notice of the need for an
21amendment to the filing party, the certifier of the cause of death or the county clerk
22responsible for the vital record or to the local registrar who filed the record. If the
23local registrar receives the notice, he or she shall obtain the correct information from
24the filing party, certifier of the cause of death or county clerk responsible for the vital
25record, change the information on his or her copy of the vital record and send a copy

1of the changed record to the state registrar
and provide the correct information to the
2state registrar in the manner prescribed
.
AB898-ASA1,56 3Section 56. 69.11 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,14,174 69.11 (4) (b) The state registrar may amend an item on a birth certificate record
5that affects information about the name, sex, date of birth, place of birth, parent's
6name, or marital status of the mother if 365 days have elapsed since the occurrence
7of the event that is the subject of the birth certificate record, if the amendment is at
8the request of a person with a direct and tangible interest in the record and is on a
9request form supplied
in the manner prescribed by the state registrar, and if the
10amendment is accompanied by 2 items of documentary evidence from early childhood
11that are sufficient to prove that the item to be changed is in error and by the affidavit
12of the person requesting the amendment. A change in the marital status on the birth
13certificate record may be made under this paragraph only if the marital status is
14inconsistent with information concerning the father or husband that appears on the
15birth certificate record. This paragraph may not be used to add to or delete from a
16birth certificate record the name of a parent, to change the identity of a parent named
17on the birth certificate record, or to effect a name change prohibited under s. 301.47.
AB898-ASA1,57 18Section 57. 69.11 (5) (a) 2. d. of the statutes is repealed.
AB898-ASA1,58 19Section 58. 69.11 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,14,2420 69.11 (5) (b) If under sub. (4) (b) the state or local registrar makes an
21amendment other than on the face of the original copy of a vital record, he or she shall
22file an amendment form which includes an affidavit by the person requesting the
23amendment, the information which is stricken, the information inserted and an
24abstract of the documents supporting the amendment documentation.
AB898-ASA1,59 25Section 59. 69.12 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,15,18
169.12 (1) If the state registrar cannot make an amendment to a vital record
2under s. 69.11 and a person with a direct and tangible interest in the vital record
3alleges that information on the vital record does not represent the actual facts in
4effect at the time the record was filed, the person may petition the circuit court of the
5county in which the event which is the subject of the vital record is alleged to have
6occurred. The petition shall be accompanied by a certified copy of the original vital
7record. If the court finds that the petitioner has established the actual facts of the
8event in effect when the record was filed, the clerk of court shall report the court's
9determination to the state registrar on a form in the manner prescribed by the state
10registrar, along with the fee required under s. 69.22 (5) (a) 2. Upon receipt of the
11report, the state registrar shall, if information as to the cause of death on an original
12certificate of
a death record is changed or if information on a marriage certificate
13record concerning the identity of a parent of a party to a marriage is changed, act
14under sub. (4), or shall change the record under s. 69.11 (5) and if the record is not
15enabled in the state system of vital records,
send a notice of the change the amended
16record
to the local registrar who shall make the change in replace the record filed in
17his or her office. This subsection does not apply to a name change prohibited under
18s. 301.47.
AB898-ASA1,60 19Section 60. 69.12 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,15,2220 69.12 (2) A court may not order amendment of the names of the parents of a
21registrant on a birth certificate record on the grounds of termination of parental
22rights or termination of custody.
AB898-ASA1,61 23Section 61. 69.12 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,15,2524 69.12 (3) The state registrar shall amend under s. 69.11 (5) an item on a birth
25certificate record as directed by an order under this section.
AB898-ASA1,62
1Section 62. 69.12 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,16,72 69.12 (4) (a) If a court's determination under sub. (1) changes information as
3to the cause of death on an original certificate of a death record or changes
4information on a marriage certificate record concerning the identity of a parent of a
5party to the marriage and the court in accordance with the petition orders the
6creation of a new certificate of death or marriage certificate record, the state
7registrar shall do all of the following:
AB898-ASA1,16,198 1. Prepare a new certificate of death or a new marriage certificate record,
9whichever is applicable. On a new certificate of death record, the state registrar shall
10omit the changed information, including the name of the physician, coroner or
11medical examiner who certified the cause of death and enter any other original and
12any new information, including the name of the judge and the date of the order, sign
13the new information, enter any notation of support in the margin of the record and
14insert a note that the certificate of death record has been amended. On a new
15marriage certificate record, the state registrar shall omit the changed information
16concerning the identity of a parent of a party to the marriage, enter the unchanged
17information from the original certificate record, and enter any new information
18included in the court order concerning the identity of a parent of a party to the
19marriage, but shall not note that the certificate record is amended.
AB898-ASA1,16,2420 2. Register a new certificate of death or marriage certificate record created
21under this subsection and impound the original certificate of death or marriage
22certificate record and all correspondence, affidavits, court orders, and other related
23materials and prohibit access except by court order or except by the state registrar
24for processing purposes.
AB898-ASA1,17,4
13. Send a copy of any new certificate of death or marriage certificate record
2registered under this subsection to the local registrar who filed the original of the
3replaced certificate of death or marriage certificate
, if the record is not enabled in the
4state system of vital records
.
AB898-ASA1,17,75 (b) Upon receipt of the copy under par. (a) 3., the local registrar shall destroy
6his or her copy of the replaced certificate of death or marriage certificate record and
7file the new certificate of death or marriage certificate record.
AB898-ASA1,63 8Section 63. 69.12 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,17,139 69.12 (5) A change in the marital status on the certificate record of birth may
10be requested under this section only if the marital status is inconsistent with father
11or husband information appearing on the certificate of birth record. This section may
12not be used to add or delete the name of a parent on the certificate record of birth or
13change the identity of either parent named on the certificate of birth record.
AB898-ASA1,72 14Section 72. 69.13 (intro.) and (1) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,17,19 1569.13 Correction of facts misrepresented by informant for certificate
16record of birth. (intro.) The state registrar may, under an order issued by the
17circuit court of the county in which a birth occurred, correct information about the
18parent or the marital status of the mother on a certificate record of birth that is
19registered in this state if all of the following conditions apply:
AB898-ASA1,17,22 20(1) The correction may not be accomplished under s. 69.11, 69.12, or 69.15
21because the disputed information was misrepresented by the informant during the
22preparation of the birth certificate record.
AB898-ASA1,64 23Section 64. 69.13 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,17,2524 69.13 (2) (a) A petition for correction filed by a person with a direct and tangible
25interest in the certificate of birth record.
AB898-ASA1,65
1Section 65. 69.13 (2) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB898-ASA1,18,62 69.13 (2) (b) 4. If relevant to the correction sought, a certified copy of a marriage
3document, a certified copy of a certificate of divorce or annulment record, or a final
4divorce decree that indicates that the mother was not married to the person listed
5as her husband at any time during the pregnancy, a legal name change order, or any
6other legal document that clarifies the disputed information.
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