Colorado:
HB15-1282 - Crimes of Deception & Lying in Birth Certificates
PASSED: 06/05/2015 Governor Signed Bill
Summary:
The bill makes it a class 2 misdemeanor for a birth parent to intentionally omit material information regarding his or her own personal data for use in the preparation of an original birth certificate registering the birth of a child.
The bill creates a crime of submitting false information for the preparation of a birth certificate if a person knowingly:
- Creates a false record for use in the preparation of an original birth certificate or an amended birth certificate; or
- Supplies false information about material information, knowingly submits the wrong name of a birth parent, or knowingly submits a fictitious name of a birth parent for use in the preparation of an original birth certificate or an amended birth certificate; or
- Directs another person to supply false information about material information, to submit the wrong name of a birth parent, or to submit a fictitious name of a birth parent for use in the preparation of an original birth certificate or an amended birth certificate.
WAPF's Advisory Member -- Samantha Jadin was instrumental in passing this much needed bill. Watch her interview: https://www.9news.com/article/life/moms/colorado-birth-certificate-changes-to-prevent-fraud/128813813