BILL NUMBER: AB 1185	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 1, 2009
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 21, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Lieu

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to amend Section 103425 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to birth certificates.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1185, Lieu. Birth certificates: new issuance: venue.
   Under existing law, whenever a person born in this state has
undergone surgical treatment for the purpose of altering his or her
sexual characteristics to those of the opposite sex, a new birth
certificate may be prepared reflecting the change of gender and any
change of name. A petition for the issuance of a new birth
certificate is permitted to be filed in the superior court of the
county in which the petitioner resides.
   This bill would also permit the petition to be filed in the
superior court of the county in which the petitioner was born.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 103425 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
   103425.  Whenever a person born in this state has undergone
surgical treatment for the purpose of altering his or her sexual
characteristics to those of the opposite sex, a new birth certificate
may be prepared for the person reflecting the change of gender and
any change of name accomplished by an order of a court of this state,
another state, the District of Columbia, or any territory of the
United States. A petition for the issuance of a new birth certificate
in those cases shall be filed with the superior court of the county
where the petitioner resides or the county in which the petitioner
was born.