An Act amending the act of June 29, 1953 (P.L.304, No.66), known as the Vital Statistics Law of 1953, in records, further providing for fees for copies.

PRINTER'S NO. 1277
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1153
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY MALAGARI, HILL-EVANS, ISAACSON, GIRAL, HOHENSTEIN,
CIRESI, SANCHEZ, WARREN, FREEMAN, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, O'MARA,
WEBSTER, DEASY, CERRATO AND GREEN, APRIL 7, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, APRIL 7, 2025
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 29, 1953 (P.L.304, No.66), entitled "An
act providing for the administration of a statewide system of
vital statistics; prescribing the functions of the State
Department of Health, the State Advisory Health Board and
local registrars; imposing duties upon coroners,
prothonotaries, clerks of orphans' court, physicians,
midwives and other persons; requiring reports and
certificates for the registration of vital statistics;
regulating the disposition of dead bodies; limiting the
disclosure of records; prescribing the sufficiency of vital
statistics records as evidence; prescribing fees and
penalties; and revising and consolidating the laws relating
thereto," in records, further providing for fees for copies.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 807 of the act of June 29, 1953 (P.L.304,
No.66), known as the Vital Statistics Law of 1953, is amended by
adding a subsection to read:
Section 807. Records: Fees for Copies.--* * *
(g.1) No fee shall be charged for certified copies of birth
records or parts thereof furnished to individuals sixty-five
(65) years of age and older seeking a revised certified copy of
a birth record for the purpose of obtaining a REAL ID under the
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act of May 26, 2017 (P.L.6, No.3), known as the "Pennsylvania
REAL ID Compliance Act."
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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