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Action Alert!

August 23, 2002

IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED IN CALIFORNIA

TELL THE CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLY: VOTE NO ON SB 1614! PRESERVE PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE FULL CALIFORNIA BIRTH AND DEATH INDICES.

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SB 1614 passed by the Assembly Appropriations Committee on Thursday, August 22nd and is now quickly headed to the full Assembly Floor. The bill was completely wiped clean and re-written with amendments on Friday, August 16th, then amended yet again today. This bill is on a fast track and must be derailed NOW. Please call, fax, and e-mail ALL MEMBERS OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLY and urge a DO NOT PASS vote on SB 1614. Faxes and e-mails should be sent TODAY - AUGUST 22nd, 2002 until the bill is heard on the Assembly Floor.

The bill, sponsored by Senator Jackie Speier, seeks to remove California's birth and death indices from the public domain, where they have been generally available to the public since 1905. The passage of this bill will transform a century of public information into closely guarded state secrets.

SB 1614 would foster secrecy in government. Citizens would no longer be able to access government-held, public information on their own histories and identities. This bill would create a right of confidentiality that has never before existed. The birth and death indexes are not and have never been personally owned, confidential information; they are and have always been public records.

SB 1614 seeks to reverse a century-long free flow of public information by placing the use of both indexes back under strict government regulation. The birth and death indices are used extensively for genealogical and historical research, population studies, public health queries and public policy research. SB 1614 will do little to help the problem it was intended to address - identity theft. According to the First Amendment Coalition, most identity theft occurs through the literal theft of mail, purses, and wallets by friends, relatives, neighbors, and strangers - not through use of the birth and death indices.

SUMMARY OF SB-1614

1. This bill would remove the comprehensive birth and death indices from protection of the California Public Records Act.

2. This bill would require the State Registrar to establish a separate, NON-comprehensive electronic birth and death indices, available for public inspection FOR A FEE at county recorders' offices statewide and at the office of the State Registrar. The information to be excluded includes: mother's maiden name on the birth index; and Social Security Number from the death index. Individuals who wish to view the non-comprehensive birth or death index must certify, UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY, that the information they view will not be used for criminal purposes.

3. This bill would permit the release of SPECIFIED personal information to financial institutions and consumer credit reporting agencies, for the sole purpose of determining if the person whose information is being released is still living.

4. This bill would impose a criminal penalty - misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed one year or $1,000.00 fine - on anyone selling, sharing, or releasing the information.

5. This bill would prohibit any person or entity who previously purchased the COMPREHENSIVE birth and death indices from publicly positing on existing web sites its birth and death indices. By July 2003 they must remove from view any and all mother's maiden name and SSN.

Read the full text at http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_1601-1650/sb_1614_bill_20020819_amended_asm.html

Contact Information

Please share this information with both adoption and genealogy lists to which you subscribe. Many genealogy groups are aligned with us against this
legislation.

Samuel Aanestad
State Capitol, Room 4144
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 319-2003
FAX:(916) 319-2103
E-mail: assemblymember.aanestad@assembly.ca.gov

Elaine Alquist
State Capitol, Suite 3120
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: 916-319-2022
Fax: 916-319-2122
E-mail: Assemblymember.Alquist@assembly.ca.gov

Dion Aroner
State Capitol, Room 2163
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0001
Phone: (916) 319-2014
Fax: (916) 319-2114
E-mail: Assemblymember.Aroner@assembly.ca.gov

Roy Ashburn
State Capitol, Room 4167
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 319-2032
Fax: (916) 319-2132
E-mail: assemblymember.ashburn@assembly.ca.gov

Patricia Bates, Vice-Chair
State Capitol, Room 6031
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 319-2073
Fax: (916) 319-2173
E-mail: assemblymember.bates@assembly.ca.gov

Russ Bogh
State Capitol, Room 2002
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 319-2065
Fax: (916) 319-2165
E-mail: assemblymember.bogh@assembly.ca.gov

Mike Briggs
State Capitol, Room 2130
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 319-2029
Fax: (916) 319-2129
E-mail: assemblymember.briggs@assembly.ca.gov

Thomas Calderon
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0001
Phone: (916) 319-2058
Fax: (916) 31902158
E-mail: Assemblymember.Calderon@assembly.ca.gov

Bill Campbell
State Capitol, Room 2158
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 319-2071
Fax: (916) 319-2171
E-mail: assemblymember.campbell@assembly.ca.gov

John Campbell
State Capitol, Room 6027
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 319-2070
Fax: (916) 319-2170
E-mail: Assemblymember.John.Campbell@assembly.ca.gov

Joseph Canciamilla
State Capitol, Room 6011
Sacramento, CA 94249
Phone (916) 319-2011
Fax (916) 319-2111
E-mail: Assemblymember.Canciamilla@assembly.ca.gov

Tony Cardenas
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0001
Phone: (916) 319-2039
Fax: (916) 319-2139
E-mail: Assemblymember.Cardenas@assembly.ca.gov

Dennis Cardoza
State Capitol, Room 3013
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 319-2026
Fax: (916) 319-2126
E-mail: dennis.cardoza@asm.ca.gov

Gil Cedillo
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0001
Phone: (916) 319-2046
Fax: (916) 319 -2146
E-mail: None

Wilma Chan
State Capitol, Room 4098
Sacramento, CA 94249-0001
Phone: (916) 319-2016
Fax: (916) 319-2116
E-mail: Assemblymember.Chan@assembly.ca.gov

Ed Chavez
State Capitol, Room 4130
Sacramento, CA 94249-0001
Phone: (916) 319-2057
Fax: (916) 319-2157
E-mail: Assemblymember.Chavez@assembly.ca.gov

Judy Chu
State Capitol, Room 5126
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: 916-319-2049
Fax: 916-319-2149
E-mail: None

Dave Cogdill
State Capitol, Room 4208
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 319-2025
Fax: (916) 319-2125
E-mail: assemblymember.cogdill@assembly.ca.gov

Rebecca Cohn
State Capitol, Room 2137
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 319-2024
Fax: (916) 319-2124
E-mail: Assemblymember.Cohn@assembly.ca.gov

Ellen M. Corbett
State Capitol, Room 4126
Sacramento, CA 94249-0001
Phone: (916) 319-2018
Fax: (916) 319-2118
E-mail: Assemblymember.Corbett@assembly.ca.gov

Lou Correa
State Capitol, Room 6025,
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 319-2069
Fax: (916) 319-2169
E-mail: assemblymember.correa@assembly.ca.gov

Dave Cox
State Capitol, Room 3104
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 319-2005
Fax: (916) 319-2105
E-mail: assemblymember.cox@assembly.ca.gov

Lynn Daucher
State Capitol, Room 2111
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 319-2072
Fax: (916) 319-2172
E-mail: Assemblymember.Daucher@assembly.ca.gov

Manny Diaz
State Capitol, Room 2170
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0023
Phone: (916) 319-2023
Fax: (916) 319-2123
E-mail: Assemblymember.Diaz@assembly.ca.gov

Richard L. Dickerson
State Capitol, Room 5160
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 319-2002
Fax: (916) 319-2102
E-mail: Assemblymember.Dickerson@assembly.ca.gov

John A. Dutra
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0001
Phone: (916) 319-2020
Fax: (916) 319-2120
E-mail: Assemblymember.Dutra@assembly.ca.gov

Marco Antonio Firebaugh
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0001
Phone: (916) 319-2050
Fax: (916) 319-2150
E-mail: Assemblymember.Firebaugh@assembly.ca.gov

Dean Florez
State Capitol, Room 5135
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 319-2030
Fax: (916) 319-2130
E-mail: Assemblymember.Florez@assembly.ca.gov

Dario Frommer
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0043
Phone: (916) 319-2043
Fax: (916) 319-2143
E-mail: Assemblymember.Frommer@assembly.ca.gov

Jackie Goldberg
State Capitol, Room 5155
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 319-2045
Fax: (916) 319-2145
E-mail: Assemblymember.Goldberg@assembly.ca.gov

Tom Harman
State Capitol, Room 5158
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 319-2067
Fax: (916) 319-2167
E-mail: Assemblymember.Harman@assembly.ca.gov

Sally Havice
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0001
Phone: (916) 319-2056
Fax: (916) 319 -2156
E-mail: Assemblymember.Havice@assembly.ca.gov

Robert M. Hertzberg
State Capitol, Room 319
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 319-2040
Fax: (916) 319-2140
E-mail: assemblymember.hertzberg@assembly.ca.gov

Dennis Hollingsworth
State Capitol, Room 3098
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 319-2066
Fax: (916) 319-2166
E-mail: Assemblymember.Hollingsworth@assembly.ca.gov

Jerome Horton
State Capitol, Room 2179
Sacramento, CA 94249-0001
Phone: (916) 319-2051
Fax: (916) 319-2151
E-mail: Assemblymember.Horton@assembly.ca.gov

Hannah-Beth Jackson
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0001
Phone: (916) 319-2035
Fax: (916) 319-2135
E-mail: Assemblymember.Jackson@assembly.ca.gov

Fred Keeley
State Capitol, Room 3152
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 319-2027
Fax: (916) 319-2127
E-mail: Fred.Keeley@assembly.ca.gov

Christine Kehoe
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Room 4112
Sacramento, CA 94249-0001
Phone: (916) 319-2076
Fax: (916) 319-2176
E-mail: Assemblymember.Kehoe@assembly.ca.gov

Dave Kelley
State Capitol, Room 4162
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 319-2080
Fax: (916) 319-2180
E-mail: Assemblymember.Kelley@assembly.ca.gov

Paul Koretz
State Capitol, Room 2176
Sacramento, CA 95814-0042
Phone: (916) 319-2042
Fax: (916) 319-2142
E-mail: Assemblymember.Koretz@assembly.ca.gov

Jay LaSuer
State Capitol, Room 2016
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 319-2077
Fax: (916) 319-2177
E-mail: Assemblymember.Lasuer@assembly.ca.gov

Lynne C. Leach
State Capitol, Room 3132
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 319-2015
Fax: (916) 319-2115
E-mail: assemblymember.leach@assembly.ca.gov

Carol Liu
State Capitol, Room 4139
Sacramento, CA 94249
Phone: (916) 319-2044
Fax: (916) 319-2144
E-mail: Assemblymember.Liu@assembly.ca.gov

John Longville
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0001
Phone: (916) 319-2062
Fax: (916) 319-2162
E-mail: Assemblymember.Longville@assembly.ca.gov

Alan Lowenthal
State Capitol, Room 4146,
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 319-2054
Fax: (916) 319-2154
E-mail: Alan.Lowenthal@assembly.ca.gov

Ken Maddox
State Capitol - Room 4153
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 319-2068
Fax: (916) 319-2168
E-mail: Ken.Maddox@asm.ca.gov

Abel Maldonado
State Capitol, Room 4015
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 319-2033
Fax: (916) 319-2133
E-mail: assemblymember.maldonado@assembly.ca.gov

Barbara S. Matthews
State Capitol, Room 5135
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0017
Phone: (916) 319-2017
Fax: (916) 319-2117
E-mail: None

Carole Migden
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0001
Phone: (916) 319-2013
Fax: (916) 319-2113
E-mail: Assemblymember.migden@assembly.ca.gov

Dennis Mountjoy
State Capitol, Room 3141
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 319-2059
Fax: (916) 319-2159
E-mail: Assemblymember.Mountjoy@assembly.ca.gov

George Nakano
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0001
Phone: (916) 319-2053
Fax: (916) 319-2153
E-mail: Assemblymember.Nakano@assembly.ca.gov

Joe Nation
State Capitol, Room 3126
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 319-2006
Fax: (916) 319-2106
E-mail: Joe.Nation@asm.ca.gov

Gloria Negrete McLeod
State Capitol, Room 5175
Sacramento, CA 94249
Phone: (916)319-2061
Fax: (916) 319-2161
E-mail: Assemblymember.Mcleod@assembly.ca.gov

Jenny Oropeza
State Capitol, Room 6026
Sacramento, CA 94249-0001
Phone: (916) 319-2055
Fax: (916) 319-2155
E-mail: Assemblymember.Oropeza@Assembly.ca.gov

Rod Pacheco
State Capitol, Room 2130
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 319-2064
Fax: (916) 319-2164
E-mail: rod.pacheco@asm.ca.gov

Robert Pacheco
State Capitol, Room 4177
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 319-2060
Fax: (916) 319-2160
E-mail: Assemblymember.Bob.Pacheco@assembly.ca.gov

Louis J. Papan
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0001
Phone: (916) 319-2019
Fax: (916) 319-2119
E-mail: Lou.Papan@assembly.ca.gov

Fran Pavley
State Capitol, Room 5144
Sacramento, CA 94249-0001
Phone: (916) 319-2041
Fax: (916) 319-2141
E-mail: Assemblymember.Pavley@assembly.ca.gov

Anthony Pescetti
State Capitol, Room 4158
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 319-2010
Fax: (916) 319-2110
E-mail: anthony.pescetti@asm.ca.gov

Sarah L. Reyes
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0001
Phone: (916) 319-2031
Fax: (916) 319-2131
E-mail: Assemblymember.Reyes@assembly.ca.gov

Keith Richman
State Capitol, Room 5128
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 319-2038
Fax: (916) 319-2138
E-mail: Assemblymember.Richman@assembly.ca.gov

George Runner
State Capitol, Room 6027
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 319-2036
Fax: (916) 319-2136
E-mail: george.runner@asm.ca.gov

Simon Salinas
State Capitol, Room 2175
Sacramento, CA 94249-0001
Phone: (916) 319-2028
Fax: (916) 319-2128
E-mail: Assemblymember.Salinas@assembly.ca.gov

Kevin Shelley
State Capitol, Room 319
Sacramento, California 95814
Phone: (916) 319-2012
Fax: (916) 319-2112
E-mail: Kevin.Shelley@asm.ca.gov

Joe Simitian
State Capitol, Room 5119
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 319-2021
Fax: (916) 319-2121
E-mail: Joe.Simitian@assembly.ca.gov

Darrell Steinberg
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0001
Phone: (916) 319-2009
Fax: (916) 319-2109
E-mail: assemblymember.steinberg@assembly.ca.gov

Tony Strickland
State Capitol, Room 4009
Sacramento, California 95814
Phone: (916) 319-2037
Fax: (916) 319-2137
E-mail: AssemblyMember.Strickland@assembly.ca.gov

Virginia Strom-Martin
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0001
Phone: (916) 319-2001
Fax: (916) 319-2101
E-mail: Assemblymember.Strom-Martin@assembly.ca.gov

Helen Thomson
State Capitol, Room 6005
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0001
Phone: (916) 319-2008
Fax: (916) 319-2108
E-mail: Helen.Thomson@assembly.ca.gov

Juan Vargas
State Capitol, Room 2188
Sacramento, CA 94249-0001
Phone: (916) 319-2079
Fax: (916) 319-2179
Email: Assemblymember.Vargas@assembly.ca.gov

Carl Washington
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0001
Phone: (916) 319-2052
Fax: (916) 319-2152
E-mail: Carl.Washington@assembly.ca.gov

Howard Wayne
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0001
Phone: (916) 319 -2078
Fax: (916) 319 - 2178
E-mail: Assemblymember.Wayne@assembly.ca.gov

Herb Wesson
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0001
Phone: (916) 319-2047
Fax (916) 319-2147
E-mail: Assemblymember.Wesson@assembly.ca.gov

Patricia Wiggins
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0001
Phone: (916) 319-2007
Fax: (916) 319-2107
E-mail: Patricia.Wiggins@asm.ca.gov

Roderick Wright
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0001
Phone: (916) 319-2048
Fax: (916) 319-2148
E-mail: Assemblymember.Wright@assembly.ca.gov

Mark Wyland
State Capitol, Room 3147
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 319-2074
Fax: (916) 319-2174
E-mail: Assemblymember.Wyland@assembly.ca.gov

Phil Wyman
State Capitol, Room 4102
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 319-2034
Fax: (916) 319-2134
E-mail: Assemblymember.Wyman@assembly.ca.gov

Charlene Zettel
State Capitol, Room 5164
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 319-2075
Fax: (916) 319-2175
Email: assemblymember.zettel@assembly.ca.gov

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TELL THE CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLY: VOTE NO ON SB 1614! PRESERVE PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE FULL CALIFORNIA BIRTH AND DEATH INDICES.

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