4245998 Joint Public Hearing Notice on B20-142, “JaParker Deoni Jones Birth Certificate Equality Amendment Act of 2013”

COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Committee On Health

Committee on the judiciary and public safety

NOTICE OF JOINT PUBLIC Hearing

1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20004                                                           

                                                         

COUNCILMEMBER YVETTE M. ALEXANDER

AND

COUNCILMEMBER TOMMY WELLS

COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY AND PUBLIC SAFETY

ANNOUNCE A JOINT PUBLIC HEARING

 

on

 

Bill 20-142, “JaParker Deoni Jones Birth Certificate Equality Amendment Act of 2013”

on

 

Thursday, May 16, 2013

11:00 a.m., Room 412, John A. Wilson Building

1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20004

 

Councilmember Yvette M. Alexander, Chairperson of the Committee on Health,  and Councilmember Tommy Wells, Chairperson of the Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety, announce a joint public hearing on Bill 20-142, the “JaParker Deoni Jones Birth Certificate Equality Amendment Act of 2013.” The public hearing will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 16, 2013 in Room 412 of the John A. Wilson Building.

                                                                                          

The purpose of this public hearing is to receive testimony on Bill 20-142, which was referred sequentially to the Committee on Health and the Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety. The stated purpose of Bill 20-142 is to amend the Vital Records Act of 1981 to require the Registrar to issue a new certificate of birth designating a new gender for any individual who provides a written request and signed affidavit from a licensed health-care provider that the individual has undergone a gender transition; to require that an original certificate be sealed when a new certificate of birth is issued; and to amend section 16-2501 of the District of Columbia Official Code to exempt an individual from the publication notification requirement for a name change that is requested in conjunction with a request to change the individual’s gender designation.

 

Those who wish to testify should contact Ronald King, Senior Policy Advisor, at [phone] or via e-mail at [e-mail] and provide their name, address, telephone number, organizational affiliation and title (if any) by close of business on Tuesday, May 14, 2013. Persons wishing to testify are encouraged, but not required, to submit 15 copies of written testimony.  If submitted by the close of business on Monday, March 25, 2013, the testimony will be distributed to Councilmembers before the hearing. Witnesses should limit their testimony to four minutes; less time will be allowed if there are a large number of witnesses. 

 

If you are unable to testify in person, written statements are encouraged and will be made a part of the official record.  Copies of written statements should be submitted to Mr. Ronald King, Senior Policy Advisor, Room 115 of the Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20004.  The record will close at 5 p.m. on Thursday, May 30, 2013.