SB760-SSA1,26,2322 d. The subject knows the identity of each birth parent who is named on his or
23her original birth certificate record.
SB760-SSA1,27,3
1e. Each birth parent who is alive and who is named on the subject's original
2birth certificate record does not object to the restoration of the information on the
3subject's original birth certificate record.
SB760-SSA1,27,74 2. If the court grants an order under subd. 1., the state registrar shall prepare
5under sub. (6) a new birth certificate record using all of the information contained
6on the original birth certificate record, except for the adoptee's given name at birth,
7if different.
SB760-SSA1,27,108 3. After preparing a new birth certificate record under subd. 2., the state
9registrar shall follow the procedure under sub. (6) (b) to impound all other birth
10certificates records of the subject except the subject's new birth certificate record.
SB760-SSA1,27,14 11(3) (a) (intro.) If the state registrar receives an order under sub. (1) which
12establishes paternity or determines that the man whose name appears on a
13registrant's birth certificate record is not the father of the registrant, the state
14registrar shall do the following, as appropriate:
SB760-SSA1,27,1815 1. Prepare under sub. (6) a new certificate record omitting the father's name
16if the order determines that the man whose name appears on a registrant's birth
17certificate record is not the father of the registrant and if there is no adjudicated
18father.
SB760-SSA1,27,2119 2. Prepare under sub. (6) a new certificate record for the subject of a paternity
20action changing the name of the father if the name of the adjudicated father is
21different than the name of the man on the birth certificate record.
SB760-SSA1,27,2422 3. Except as provided under subd. 4., insert the name of the adjudicated father
23on the original birth certificate record if the name of the father was omitted on the
24original certificate record.
SB760-SSA1,28,5
14. If the order provides for a change in the child's given name or surname or
2both, enter the name indicated on a new birth certificate record prepared under subd.
31. or 2. or on the original birth certificate record under subd. 3. except that if the
4surname of a child under 7 years of age is changed, the state registrar shall prepare
5a new certificate record under sub. (6).
SB760-SSA1,28,136 (b) 1. Except as provided under par. (c), if the state registrar receives a
7statement acknowledging paternity on a form in the manner prescribed by the state
8registrar and signed by both of the birth parents of a child determined to be a marital
9child under s. 767.803, a certified copy of the parents' marriage certificate record, and
10the fee required under s. 69.22 (5) (b) 1., the state registrar shall insert the name of
11the husband from the marriage certificate record as the father if the name of the
12father was omitted on the original birth certificate record. The state registrar shall
13include on the form for the acknowledgment the items in s. 767.813 (5g).
SB760-SSA1,28,2414 3. Except as provided under par. (c), if the state registrar receives a statement
15acknowledging paternity on a form in the method prescribed by the state registrar
16and signed by both parents, neither of whom was under the age of 18 years when the
17form was signed, along with the fee under s. 69.22, the state registrar shall insert the
18name of the father under subd. 1. The state registrar shall mark the certificate
19record to show that the form acknowledgement is on file. The form acknowledgement
20shall be available to the department of children and families or a county child
21support agency under s. 59.53 (5) pursuant to the program responsibilities under s.
2249.22 or to any other person with a direct and tangible interest in the record. The
23state registrar shall include on the form for the acknowledgment the information in
24s. 767.805 and the items in s. 767.813 (5g).
SB760-SSA1,29,5
14. (intro.) If a registrant has not reached the age of 18 years and if any of the
2following indicate, in a statement acknowledging paternity under subd. 1. or 3., that
3the given name or surname, or both, of the registrant should be changed on the birth
4certificate record, the state registrar shall enter the name indicated on the birth
5certificate record without a court order:
SB760-SSA1,29,86 (c) If the state registrar is required to enter a new surname or a new given name
7on a birth certificate record under par. (b) 4. and the registrant has not reached the
8age of 7 years, the state registrar shall make a new certificate record under sub. (6).
SB760-SSA1,29,119 (d) The form method prescribed by the state registrar for acknowledging
10paternity shall require that the social security number of each of the registrant's
11parents signing the form be provided.
SB760-SSA1,29,14 12(3m) (a) 2. The person rescinding the statement files with the state registrar
13 a document a rescission in the method prescribed by the state registrar for
14rescinding a statement acknowledging paternity under sub. (3) (b) 3
.
SB760-SSA1,29,1915 3. The person rescinding the statement files the document a rescission in the
16method prescribed
under subd. 2. before the day on which a court or circuit court
17commissioner makes an order in an action affecting the family involving the man
18who signed the statement and the child who is the subject of the statement or before
1960 days elapse after the statement was filed, whichever occurs first.
SB760-SSA1,29,2420 (b) If the state registrar, within the time required under par. (a) 3., receives a
21document rescission in the method prescribed by the state registrar for rescinding
22a statement acknowledging paternity under sub. (3) (b) 3.
, along with the proper fee
23under s. 69.22, the state registrar shall prepare under sub. (6) a new certificate
24record omitting the father's name if it was inserted under sub. (3) (b).
SB760-SSA1,30,3
1(4) (a) If the state registrar receives an order under sub. (1) which provides for
2a name change, the state registrar shall change the name on the original birth
3certificate record.
SB760-SSA1,30,114 (b) Any person with a direct and tangible interest in a birth certificate record
5registered in this state may petition a court to change the name and sex of the
6registrant on the certificate record due to a surgical sex-change procedure. If the
7state registrar receives an order which provides for such a change the state registrar
8shall change the name and sex on the original certificate record, except that if the
9court orders the state registrar to prepare a new certificate record the state registrar
10shall prepare a new certificate record under sub. (6). This subsection does not apply
11to a name change prohibited under s. 301.47.
SB760-SSA1,30,13 12(4m) (a) 1. The request for the change is received to by the state registrar, in
13writing, on a form approved in the manner prescribed by the state registrar.
SB760-SSA1,30,1614 (b) If the conditions under par. (a) 1. to 4. are met, the state registrar shall
15change the registrant's name on the registrant's birth certificate record. The state
16registrar is not required to issue a new birth certificate under this paragraph.
SB760-SSA1,30,22 17(5) New certificate record for a person without any certificate record. If
18no birth certificate record has been registered for any person who is more than 365
19days old and who is entitled to a new certificate record under this section, and if the
20date and place of birth of the person have not been determined by a court, the state
21registrar shall register a birth certificate record for the individual under s. 69.14 (2)
22(b) before preparing a new certificate record under sub. (6).
SB760-SSA1,31,3 23(6) (title) Preparation of new certificates records. (a) The state registrar
24shall prepare a new birth certificate record that under this section on the form in use
25at the time the original certificate was filed. The state registrar
shall include on a

1new certificate
the date of creation of the new certificate record and shall sign it. The
2state registrar shall type on the new certificate any other legible signature on the
3original certificate
.
SB760-SSA1,31,134 (b) The state registrar shall register a new certificate record created under this
5section and shall impound the original certificate record or the certificate record
6registered under sub. (5) and all correspondence, affidavits, court orders and other
7related materials and prohibit access except by court order or except by the state
8registrar for processing purposes or except when authorized under ss. 48.432 and
948.433. The state registrar shall send a copy notice of any new certificate record
10registered under this section to the local registrar who filed the original of the
11replaced certificate
record. Upon receipt of the copy notification, the local registrar
12shall destroy his or her copy of the replaced certificate and file the new certificate
13original record.
SB760-SSA1,31,1814 (c) If the state registrar changes a birth certificate record on file or registered
15under this section instead of preparing a new certificate record, the state registrar
16shall make the change under s. 69.11 (5) and shall send a notice of the change to the
17local registrar who filed the original of the changed certificate. Upon receipt of the
18notice, the local registrar shall change his or her copy of the changed certificate
.
SB760-SSA1,78 19Section 78. 69.16 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,32,520 69.16 (2) If a person has married in this state, at least 365 days have elapsed
21since the marriage and no marriage document is on file, a person with a direct and
22tangible interest in having a marriage document registered may petition the circuit
23court of the county in which the marriage is alleged to have occurred. If the court
24finds that the petitioner has established the fact of the marriage required on the
25marriage document, except for the information under s. 69.20 (2), the clerk of the

1court shall report the court's determination to the state registrar on a form in the
2manner
prescribed by the state registrar, along with the fee required under s. 69.22.
3Upon receipt of the report, the state registrar shall register the marriage document
4and send a copy of the document make the record available to the local registrar
5under s. 69.03 (11). The local registrar shall file the document.
SB760-SSA1,79 6Section 79. 69.17 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,32,13 769.17 Divorce report. At the end of every biweekly period, the clerk of any
8court which conducts divorce proceedings under ch. 767 shall forward to the state
9registrar, on a form supplied in the manner prescribed by the state registrar, a report
10of every divorce or annulment of marriage granted during the biweekly period. The
11form supplied by the state registrar shall require that the social security numbers
12of the parties to the divorce or annulment and the social security number of any child
13of the parties be provided.
SB760-SSA1,80 14Section 80. 69.18 (1) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,32,1815 69.18 (1) (b) (intro.) Any person who moves a corpse under par. (a) shall file a
16certificate of death record for the corpse under this subsection on a form in the
17manner
prescribed by the state registrar under any one of the following
18circumstances:
SB760-SSA1,81 19Section 81. 69.18 (1) (bm) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,33,320 69.18 (1) (bm) (intro.) A person required to file a certificate of death record
21under par. (b) shall obtain the information required for the certificate of death record
22from the next of kin or the best qualified person or source available. The person filing
23the certificate of death record shall enter his or her signature on the certificate record
24and include his or her address and the date of signing and shall present or mail the
25certificate record, within 24 hours after being notified of the death, to the physician,

1coroner or medical examiner responsible for completing and signing the medical
2certification. Within 2 days after receipt of the medical certification, the person filing
3the certificate of death record shall mail or present the certificate of death record in:
SB760-SSA1,82 4Section 82. 69.18 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,33,85 69.18 (1) (c) A hospital, a nursing home, as defined in s. 50.01 (3), or a hospice
6that is the place of death of a person may prepare a certificate of death record for the
7person and give the certificate record to the person who moves the corpse under par.
8(a).
SB760-SSA1,83 9Section 83. 69.18 (1) (cm) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,33,1310 69.18 (1) (cm) 1. (intro.) For purposes of preparation of the certificate of death
11record and in accordance with accepted medical standards, a hospice nurse in a
12hospice that is directly involved with the care of a hospice patient who dies may
13pronounce the date, time, and place of the patient's death if all of the following apply:
SB760-SSA1,84 14Section 84. 69.18 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,33,2015 69.18 (1) (d) A hospital, nursing home, or hospice may not release a corpse to
16any person under par. (a) unless the person presents a notice of removal on a form
17in the manner prescribed by the state registrar, in duplicate, to the administrator of
18the hospital, nursing home, or hospice. The administrator shall retain one copy and
19forward the other copy to the local registrar of the registration district in which the
20hospital, nursing home, or hospice is located.
SB760-SSA1,85 21Section 85. 69.18 (1m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,33,2322 69.18 (1m) Format. (intro.) Beginning on January 1, 2003 September 1, 2013,
23a certificate record of death shall consist of the following parts:
SB760-SSA1,86 24Section 86. 69.18 (1m) (a) 3. of the statutes is repealed.
SB760-SSA1,87 25Section 87. 69.18 (1m) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,34,2
169.18 (1m) (a) 5. The dates of certification and filing of the certificate of death
2record.
SB760-SSA1,88 3Section 88. 69.18 (1m) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,34,44 69.18 (1m) (b) 2. Information on final disposition , manner, and cause of death.
SB760-SSA1,89 5Section 89. 69.18 (2) (a), (b), (d) 1. and 2., (e) and (f) 1. and 3. and (3) (a) of the
6statutes are amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,34,97 69.18 (2) (a) On the form for For a certificate of death record, in the manner
8prescribed by the state registrar under sub. (1) (b), the state registrar shall provide
9for a medical certification to be completed under this subsection.
SB760-SSA1,34,1610 (b) If a person under the care of a physician dies from the illness or condition
11for which the care is given and a coroner or medical examiner does not certify the
12cause of death under par. (d) 1., the physician shall complete and sign a medical
13certification for the death under par. (f) and mail the medical certification within 5
14days after the pronouncement of death or present the medical certification to the
15person responsible for filing the death certificate record under sub. (1) within 6 days
16after the pronouncement of death.
SB760-SSA1,34,2417 (d) 1. Except as provided under par. (e), if a death is the subject of a coroner's
18or medical examiner's determination under s. 979.01 or 979.03, the coroner or
19medical examiner or a physician supervised by a coroner or medical examiner in the
20county where the event which caused the death occurred shall complete and sign the
21medical certification for the death and mail the death certificate record within 5 days
22after the pronouncement of death or present the certificate record to the person
23responsible for filing the death certificate record under sub. (1) within 6 days after
24the pronouncement of death.
SB760-SSA1,35,7
12. Except as provided under par. (e), if the decedent was not under the care of
2a physician for the illness or condition from which the person died, the coroner or
3medical examiner, or a physician supervised by a coroner or medical examiner, in the
4county of the place of death shall complete and sign the medical certification for the
5death and mail the death certificate record within 5 days after the pronouncement
6of death or present the certificate record to the person responsible for filing the death
7certificate record under sub. (1) within 6 days after the pronouncement of death.
SB760-SSA1,35,118 (e) Unless the person is a physician supervised by a coroner or medical
9examiner, no person may act under par. (d) if the subject of the death certificate
10record was his or her patient or a patient in a hospital, or nursing home, as defined
11in s. 50.01 (3), in which he or she has direct care of any patient.
SB760-SSA1,35,2012 (f) 1. A person signing a medical certification under par. (b), (c) or (d) shall
13describe, in detail, on a form in the manner prescribed by the state registrar, the
14cause of death, show the duration of each cause, the sequence of each cause if the
15cause of death was multiple and, if the cause was disease, the evolution of the
16disease. The person shall describe a disease in medical terms and may not limit the
17description to symptoms or conditions resulting from disease. If the cause of a death
18is medically certified under par. (d), the coroner or medical examiner shall describe
19any violence related to the cause of death, its effect on the decedent and whether it
20was accidental, suicidal, homicidal or undetermined.
SB760-SSA1,36,221 3. A person signing a medical certification under par. (b), (c) or (d) shall note
22on the certificate record if the cause of death of the subject of the certificate record
23is unknown, undetermined or if the determination of the cause of death is pending
24and shall submit to the state registrar within 30 days after the pronouncement of
25death an amendment to the medical certification which satisfies the requirements

1of subd. 1., except that such amendment may exclude information which is
2unavailable pending the determination of an inquest under s. 979.04.
SB760-SSA1,36,11 3(3) (a) Except as provided under par. (c) or (e), the person who has moved a
4corpse under sub. (1) (a) shall complete a report for final disposition , on a form
5supplied
in the manner prescribed by the state registrar, and, within 24 hours after
6being notified of the death, mail or present a copy of the report to the coroner or
7medical examiner in the county of the place of death and mail or present a copy to
8the local registrar in the registration district of the place of death. If the cause of
9death is subject to an investigation under s. 979.01 or 979.03, the report for final
10disposition shall be submitted to the coroner or medical examiner in the county in
11which the event which caused the death occurred.
SB760-SSA1,90 12Section 90. 69.19 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB760-SSA1,36,23 1369.19 Court-ordered certificates of death records. If a person has died
14in this state and final disposition of the person's corpse has been effected but no
15certificate of death record is on file one year after a death, a person with a direct and
16tangible interest in having a certificate of death record registered may petition the
17circuit court of the county in which the death is alleged to have occurred. If the court
18finds that the petitioner has established the facts of the death required on the
19certificate of death record, the clerk of the 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. Upon receipt of the report, the
22state registrar shall register the death certificate and send a copy to the local
23registrar under s. 69.03 (11). The local registrar shall file the copy
record.
SB760-SSA1,91 24Section 91. 69.20 (2) (a) (intro.) and 2. and (c), (3) (b) 4., (c) and (e) (intro.), 1.
25a. and b. and 2. and (4) of the statutes are amended to read:
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:
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