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Limits the scope of information disclosed in a published notice of change of name
In Senate Committee · Codes · Sponsor Grace Meng
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BILL NUMBER:S5398
Title of bill
An act to amend the civil rights law, in relation to limiting the scope of information disclosed in a published notice of change of name
Purpose or general idea of bill
In response to the increasing number of identity theft-related crimes, the bill will amend the publication requirement to protect, against identity theft by limiting the amount of information that must be published for a name change order.
Summary of specific provisions
The publication requirement, as required by Section 63 of the civil rights act, will be amended to require only the publication of the petitioner's month and year of the date of birth and the city and state of the petitioner's present address.
Justification
With the increased problems of identify theft, vital information can easily be used to create new stolen identities. Given that the name change publication requirements necessitate the publishing of the petitioner's full date of birth and actual home address, this further facilitates using the published information for purposes of identify theft. The name change publication requirement is outdated and unnecessary; this bill would require that only the petitioners month and year of birth as well as the city and state of the petitioner's address. By limiting the amount of information required for publication purposes, this will protect petitioners from possible identify theft which is a growing problem in the community.
Prior legislative history
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None to the state.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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