AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- VITAL RECORDS
Summary
Allows the director of the department of health to authorize the state registrar of vital records to change a person's race designation on their birth certificate, if justified.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2025
Committee Review
Jun 2025
Senate Passage
Jun 2025
House Passage
Jun 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced May 2, 2025
Signed Jun 30, 2025
Floor votes · Senate Jun 21, 2025
How they voted
54–4
Passed · 17 other
Total votes 75
Jun 21, 2025
D
Democratic64
78% Yea
I
Independent1
0% Nay
R
Republican10
40% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
12
Key actions
4
Committee
2
Jun 30, 2025
Signed into law
06/30/2025 Signed by Governor
executive
Jun 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
06/21/2025 House passed Sub A in concurrence
lower
Jun 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A
upper
Jun 18, 2025
Legislature · Passed
06/18/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A
legislature
May 13, 2025
Committee
05/13/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
May 2, 2025
Introduced
05/02/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bob Britto
DDemocratic
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