SB760-SSA1,37,7
169.20 (2) (a) (intro.) Except as provided under sub. (3), information in the part
2of a certificate record of birth, divorce or annulment, or termination of domestic
3partnership, a marriage document, or a declaration of domestic partnership that is
4designated on the form record as being collected for statistical or medical and
5statistical use only and information in the part of a death certificate record that is
6designated on the form record as being collected as statistical-use-only information
7under s. 69.18 (1m) (c) may not be disclosed to any person except the following:
SB760-SSA1,37,98 2. For a certificate of death record, any of the persons specified under s. 69.18
9(4) (a) 1g. to 6. or an individual who is authorized in writing by one of the persons.
SB760-SSA1,37,1410 (c) Except as provided under sub. (3), until 50 years after a decedent's date of
11death, the state registrar and a local registrar may not permit inspection of or
12disclose information contained in the portion under s. 69.18 (1m) (b) 2. and 3. of the
13certificate of death record to anyone except to a person specified under sub. (1), or to
14a direct descendent of the decedent.
SB760-SSA1,37,17 15(3) (b) 4. The information is from a birth certificate record which indicates that
16the registrant has a congenital disability and is submitted to the department of
17public instruction.
SB760-SSA1,38,218 (c) Notwithstanding sub. (2), a local registrar may disclose information on a
19birth certificate record or issue a copy of the certificate record to a local health
20department, as defined in s. 250.01 (4), for health or demographic research or a public
21health program if the local health department pays the copying costs and if the birth
22of the registrant occurred within the boundaries of the political subdivision served
23by the local health department or the registrant is a resident of the political
24subdivision. The local health department may not disclose any information from any

1copy which it receives under this paragraph to any person and shall destroy the copy
2no later than one year after receipt.
SB760-SSA1,38,73 (e) (intro.) Public use indexes of certificates of birth, death, marriage, divorce,
4domestic partnership and, termination of domestic partnership, or annulment, or
5marriage documents
records that are filed in the system of vital statistics records at
6the state or local level are accessible only by inspection at the office of the state
7registrar or of a local registrar and may not be copied or reproduced except as follows:
SB760-SSA1,38,118 1. a. Certificate of birth Birth record index information may be copied or
9reproduced for the public only after 100 years have elapsed from the year in which
10the birth occurred. No information in the index that has been impounded under s.
1169.15 may be released.
SB760-SSA1,38,1312 b. Subdivision 1. a. does not apply to certificate of birth record indexes of events
13that occurred before October 1, 1907.
SB760-SSA1,38,1714 2. Indexes of record of death, marriage, divorce, domestic partnership and,
15termination of domestic partnership, or annulment records may be copied or
16reproduced for the public after 24 months have elapsed from the year in which the
17event occurred.
SB760-SSA1,38,22 18(4) Under procedures that are promulgated by rule, the state registrar and
19every local registrar shall protect vital records from mutilation, alteration, theft, or
20fraudulent use and shall protect the privacy rights of registrants and their families
21by strictly controlling direct access to any vital record filed or registered in paper
22form
.
SB760-SSA1,92 23Section 92. 69.21 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,39,824 69.21 (1) (a) 1. Except as provided under subd. 2., the state registrar and any
25local registrar shall issue a certified copy of a vital record to any person if the person

1submits a request for a certified copy of a vital record of a specified registrant in
2writing and, if the vital record is enabled for statewide issuance in the state
3registrar's electronic system for of vital record issuance records, to the extent
4permitted under s. 69.21 (1) (b) 3., and if the request is accompanied by the fee
5required under s. 69.22. If a vital record is not enabled for statewide issuance in the
6state registrar's electronic system for of vital record issuance records, the registrar
7responsible for filing or registration of the vital record may issue a certified copy
8under this section.
SB760-SSA1,93 9Section 93. 69.21 (1) (a) 2. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,39,1110 69.21 (1) (a) 2. (intro.) The state registrar and any local registrar may not issue
11any certified copy under subd. 1. of any of the following:
SB760-SSA1,94 12Section 94. 69.21 (1) (a) 2. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,39,1613 69.21 (1) (a) 2. b. Any information of the part of a certificate of birth, death, or
14divorce or, annulment, or a marriage document record, the disclosure of which is
15limited under s. 69.20 (2) (a) and (c), unless the requester is the subject of the
16information or, for a decedent, unless the requester is specified in s. 69.20 (2) (a) 2.
SB760-SSA1,95 17Section 95. 69.21 (1) (a) 2. c. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,39,1918 69.21 (1) (a) 2. c. The birth certificate record of a person if no surname has been
19entered on the birth certificate record for the person under s. 69.14 (1) (f).
SB760-SSA1,96 20Section 96. 69.21 (1) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,40,321 69.21 (1) (b) 2. Any copy of a birth certificate record issued under par. (a) shall
22be in a long or short form, as specified by the person submitting the request under
23par. (a). The long form shall include the name, sex, date and place of birth and
24parent's surnames of the registrant, the file date and the file number. The short form
25may not include any information about the parents of the registrant. The state

1registrar shall issue the short form for any registrant born of unmarried parents if
2the registrant's certificate record was not prepared under s. 69.15 (3) (b), unless the
3person requesting the copy requests the long form.
SB760-SSA1,97 4Section 97 . 69.21 (1) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,40,85 69.21 (1) (b) 3. A local registrar may issue a copy of a record of birth, death,
6divorce, or termination of domestic partnership certificate, a , marriage document,
7or a declaration of domestic partnership under par. (a) through the state registrar's
8electronic
system for of vital record issuance records if it is enabled.
SB760-SSA1,98 9Section 98. 69.21 (1) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,40,1510 69.21 (1) (b) 4. A copy of a death certificate record issued under par. (a) for a
11death that occurred before January 1, 2003 September 1, 2013, shall include the
12name, sex, date and place of death, age or birth date, cause and manner of death, and
13social security number, if any, of the decedent, and the file number and the file date
14of the certificate record, except that a requester may, upon request, obtain a copy that
15does not include the cause of death.
SB760-SSA1,99 16Section 99. 69.21 (1) (b) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,40,2117 69.21 (1) (b) 5. A copy of a death certificate record issued under par. (a) for a
18death that occurs after December 31, 2002 August 31, 2013, shall be on a form that
19contains only fact-of-death information specified in s. 69.18 (1m) (a), except that a
20requester may, upon request, obtain a form that contains extended fact-of-death
21information specified in s. 69.18 (1m) (b).
SB760-SSA1,100 22Section 100. 69.21 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,41,423 69.21 (2) (a) The state registrar or local registrar shall issue an uncertified copy
24of the vital record of one or more registrants if the subject of the vital record is an
25event occurring after September 30, 1907. The requirements of ss. 69.15 (6) (b) and

169.20 (3) (b) for disclosing information under s. 69.20 (1) and (2) shall apply to
2issuance under this paragraph of any copy of a vital record containing such
3information. Any uncertified copy issued under this paragraph shall have on its face
4a notice that it is uncertified.
SB760-SSA1,101 5Section 101. 69.21 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,41,96 69.21 (3) Amendments. Any copy of a vital record issued under this section shall
7show all amendments or changes made on the record since it was filed, the date and
8authority of the amendment or change unless a certificate record was issued for the
9registrant under s. 69.14 (1) (h) or 69.15 (2), (3) or (4) (b).
SB760-SSA1,102 10Section 102. 69.21 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,41,2011 69.21 (4) (b) A person with a direct and tangible interest in a vital record
12withheld by the state registrar under par. (a) may petition the circuit court of the
13county in which the event which is the subject of the vital record is shown on the
14original record to have occurred. The petition shall be accompanied by a certified
15copy of the original vital record. In issuing the certified copy, the state registrar shall
16mark the copy to indicate that the copy is for use by the court in making its
17determination under this paragraph. If the court finds that the petitioner has proven
18that the information on the vital record is valid, the clerk of court shall report the
19court's determination to the state registrar on a form in the manner prescribed by
20the state registrar, who shall issue the certified copy.
SB760-SSA1,103 21Section 103. 69.22 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,41,2522 69.22 (1) (c) Twenty dollars for issuing an uncertified copy of a birth certificate
23record or a certified copy of a birth certificate record, and $3 for issuing any additional
24certified or uncertified copy of the same birth certificate record issued at the same
25time.
SB760-SSA1,104
1Section 104. 69.22 (1) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,42,42 69.22 (1) (cm) Ten dollars for issuing one certified copy of a certificate of birth
3record resulting in stillbirth and $3 for any additional certified copy of the same
4certificate record issued at the same time.
SB760-SSA1,105 5Section 105. 69.22 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,42,106 69.22 (1m) The state registrar and any local registrar acting under this
7subchapter shall, for each copy of a birth certificate record for which a fee under sub.
8(1) (c) is charged that is issued during a calendar quarter, forward to the secretary
9of administration for deposit in the appropriation accounts under s. 20.433 (1) (g) and
10(h) $7 by the 15th day of the first month following the end of the calendar quarter.
SB760-SSA1,106 11Section 106 . 69.22 (4) of the statutes is repealed.
SB760-SSA1,107 12Section 107. 69.22 (5) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,42,1413 69.22 (5) (a) 3. Making any change in a birth certificate record under s. 69.15
14(3).
SB760-SSA1,108 15Section 108. 69.22 (5) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,42,1916 69.22 (5) (b) 2. The filing of a birth certificate record under s. 69.14 (2) (b) 5.
17The fee under this subdivision includes the search for the birth certificate record and
18the first copy of the certificate except that the state registrar shall add to the $20 fee,
19$5.
SB760-SSA1,109 20Section 109. 69.23 of the statutes is repealed.
SB760-SSA1,110 21Section 110. 69.24 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,42,2522 69.24 (1) (b) Willfully and knowingly makes any false statement in a birth or
23death certificate record under s. 69.09, 69.10, 69.14 or 69.18, in an application for an
24amendment to a birth or death certificate record under s. 69.11 or 69.12 or in a
25request for a certified copy of a birth certificate record under s. 69.21.
SB760-SSA1,111
1Section 111. 69.24 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,43,42 69.24 (1) (c) Willfully and knowingly supplies any false information with the
3intent that the information be used in the preparation of a birth or death certificate
4record or the amendment of a birth or death certificate record.
SB760-SSA1,112 5Section 112. 69.24 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,43,86 69.24 (1) (d) Counterfeits or, without authorization, makes, alters or amends
7any birth or death certificate record required by this subchapter or a certified copy
8of such certificate record.
SB760-SSA1,113 9Section 113. 69.24 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,43,1110 69.24 (1) (e) Mutilates or destroys an original birth or death certificate record
11filed under this subchapter.
SB760-SSA1,114 12Section 114. 69.24 (1) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,43,1613 69.24 (1) (h) As a public officer or public employee, furnishes or processes a
14birth or death certificate record or a certified copy of a birth or death certificate record
15with the knowledge or intention that the certificate record or copy will be used for
16the purpose of deception.
SB760-SSA1,115 17Section 115. 69.24 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,43,2118 69.24 (2) (a) Willfully and knowingly commits any of the actions prohibited
19under sub. (1) in relation to a records of marriage document, divorce report,
20declaration of domestic partnership, or certificate of termination of domestic
21partnership.
SB760-SSA1,116 22Section 116. 69.24 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,44,223 69.24 (2) (b) Willfully and knowingly refuses to provide information required
24under this subchapter for any part of a birth certificate record which is not

1designated as the part for statistical or medical and statistical use or for a death
2certificate record.
SB760-SSA1,117 3Section 117. 100.545 (1) (h) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,44,54 100.545 (1) (h) 2. A certified or official copy of a birth certificate record issued
5by the entity authorized to issue the birth certificate record.
SB760-SSA1,118 6Section 118. 214.37 (4) (k) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,44,97 214.37 (4) (k) 2. A certified copy of the depositor's death certificate record. If
8the savings bank already possesses a certified copy of the depositor's death certificate
9record, this subdivision does not apply.
SB760-SSA1,119 10Section 119. 215.26 (8) (e) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,44,1311 215.26 (8) (e) 2. Submits a certified copy of the saver's death certificate record.
12If the association already possesses a certified copy of the saver's death certificate
13record, this subdivision does not apply.
SB760-SSA1,120 14Section 120. 343.125 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,44,1715 343.125 (2) (a) 2. A birth certificate record bearing an official seal or other mark
16of authentication and issued by a state, county, or municipality within the United
17States or by a territory or possession of the United States.
SB760-SSA1,121 18Section 121. 343.14 (2r) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,44,2319 343.14 (2r) Notwithstanding sub. (2j), the department may, upon request,
20provide to the department of health services any applicant information maintained
21by the department of transportation and identified in sub. (2), including providing
22electronic access to the information, for the sole purpose of verification by the
23department of health services of birth certificate record information.
SB760-SSA1,122 24Section 122. 343.50 (8) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,45,6
1343.50 (8) (c) 2. Notwithstanding par. (b) and s. 343.14 (2j), the department
2may, upon request, provide to the department of health services any applicant
3information maintained by the department of transportation and identified in s.
4343.14 (2), including providing electronic access to the information, for the sole
5purpose of verification by the department of health services of birth certificate record
6information.
SB760-SSA1,123 7Section 123. 445.13 (1m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,45,108 445.13 (1m) (a) Mail or present a death certificate record within 10 days after
9receipt from the person responsible for completing the medical certification under s.
1069.18 (2).
SB760-SSA1,124 11Section 124. 445.13 (1m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,45,1312 445.13 (1m) (b) Within any period of 180 days, mail or present 6 or more death
13certificates records within the 2-day time limit under s. 69.18 (1) (bm).
SB760-SSA1,125 14Section 125. 711.05 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,45,1515 711.05 (1) (b) A certified copy of the death certificate record of the user.
SB760-SSA1,126 16Section 126. 711.12 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,45,1817 711.12 (7) (a) If the user is deceased, a certified copy of the death certificate
18record of the user.
SB760-SSA1,127 19Section 127. 765.002 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,45,2220 765.002 (4) In this chapter, “marriage document” is that document record
21consisting of the marriage license, the marriage certificate and the confidential
22information collected for statistical purposes only.
SB760-SSA1,128 23Section 128. 765.09 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,46,724 765.09 (3) (b) Each applicant for a marriage license shall exhibit to the clerk
25a certified copy of a birth certificate record, and each applicant shall submit a copy

1of any judgment or death certificate record affecting the applicant's marital status.
2If any applicable birth certificate record, death certificate record or judgment is
3unobtainable, other satisfactory documentary proof of the requisite facts therein
4may be presented in lieu of the birth certificate, death certificate or judgment.
5Whenever the clerk is not satisfied with the documentary proof presented, he or she
6shall submit the presented proof to a judge of a court of record in the county of
7application for an opinion as to its sufficiency.
SB760-SSA1,129 8Section 129. 767.80 (6m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,46,159 767.80 (6m) When action must be commenced. The attorney designated under
10sub. (6) (a) shall commence an action under this section on behalf of the state within
116 months after receiving notification under s. 69.03 (15) that no father is named on
12the birth certificate record of a child who is a resident of the county if paternity has
13not been acknowledged under s. 767.805 (1) or a substantially similar law of another
14state or adjudicated, except in situations under s. 69.14 (1) (g) and (h) and as provided
15by the department by rule.
SB760-SSA1,130 16Section 130. 767.803 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,47,2 17767.803 Determination of marital children. If the father and mother of a
18nonmarital child enter into a lawful marriage or a marriage which appears and they
19believe is lawful, except where the parental rights of the mother were terminated
20before either of these circumstances, the child becomes a marital child, is entitled to
21a change in birth certificate record under s. 69.15 (3) (b), and shall enjoy all of the
22rights and privileges of a marital child as if he or she had been born during the
23marriage of the parents. This section applies to all cases before, on, or after its
24effective date, but no estate already vested shall be divested by this section and ss.

1765.05 to 765.24 and 852.05. The children of all marriages declared void under the
2law are nevertheless marital children.
SB760-SSA1,131 3Section 131. 767.805 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,47,104 767.805 (5) (b) If a court in a proceeding under par. (a) determines that the male
5is not the father of the child, the court shall vacate any order entered under sub. (4)
6with respect to the male. The court or the county child support agency under s. 59.53
7(5) shall notify the state registrar, in the manner provided in s. 69.15 (1) (b), to remove
8the male's name as the father of the child from the child's birth certificate record. No
9paternity action may thereafter be brought against the male with respect to the
10child.
SB760-SSA1,132 11Section 132. 767.805 (6) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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