Rep. LONG proposes the following Amendment No. to S. 1025 (COUNCIL\VR\1025C001.BH.VR22):

Reference is to Printer's Date 5/3/22-H.

Amend the bill, as and if amended, by adding appropriately numbered SECTIONS TO READ:

/SECTION ___. Section 44-63-100(A) and (D) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

" (A) A petition may be filed in the South Carolina family court of petitioner's residence, or if petitioner no longer resides in South Carolina, in a court of competent jurisdiction in the state of petitioner's residence, for an order establishing a record of the name at birth, subsequent name changes, gender at birth, gender changes, date of birth, county of birth, and the full name of the mother prior to any marriages, and the full name of the biological father of the person whose birth is sought to be registered by way of a Delayed Certificate of Birth Established by Court Order.

(D) The court shall determine, and the order must include, the registrant 's name at birth, subsequent name changes, gender at birth, gender changes, the date of birth, the county of birth, the full name of the mother prior to any marriages, the full name of the biological father, and additional findings as the court considers necessary. The order also must include a description of the evidence presented to the court. The order must be forwarded by the clerk of court to the State Registrar no later than thirty days following the month in which the order was entered by the court."

SECTION___. Section 44-63-150 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 44-63-150.Correction of mistakes in birth and death certificates may be made by the state registrar upon written application duly verified and sworn to by the appropriate person as required by regulation and upon receipt of supporting evidence when required by regulation. Certificates corrected more than one year after the event must be marked 'amended'. The state registrar shall certify the corrected certificate is the true certificate. Supporting affidavits of fact must be attached to the certificate corrected more than one year after the date of the event. No changes to gender or sex may be made, except in rare cases of a person born with a combination of male and female reproductive organs."/