House2025-26 session
HB 1157 — Authorizing access to certifications of birth and death to additional family members.
Signed into law — Chapter 37, Laws of 2025
- Sponsor
- Steele
- Introduced
- January 13, 2025
- Status
- C 37 L 25
- Last action
- Effective date 7/27/2025. (April 11, 2025)
What this bill does
Expands the family members eligible to obtain a certification of birth or death to include great grandchildren.
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Floor votes
- House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · January 30, 202596 yea · 0 nay · 2 not voting
- Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · April 2, 202549 yea · 0 nay
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