[or-roots] SB 2093

[Darlene]

Fantastic letter.  Beautifully said.

On 3/27/2013 11:14 AM, Leslie Chapman wrote:
> I just fired this off to my state Senator, hope it meets every one's 
> approval;
>
> Dear Senator Arnold Roblan;
>
> My favorite genealogical list has had the following bill brought to 
> our attention;
>
> House Bill 2093
>
> http://landru.leg.state.or.us/13reg/measpdf/hb2000.dir/hb2093.intro.pdf
>
> Our most important concern is the feature that it appears to seek 
> adding 25 years to the period of time which the general public cannot 
> access vital statistics. I understand that many people may see this as 
> strengthening safeguards against identity theft and creation of phony 
> identification. In reality all it will accomplish is making life more 
> difficult for we in the genealogical community and have little or no 
> effect on those intended consequences.
>
> For a mere $39.95 with my handy dandy MasterCard I recently signed on 
> to a web service that pretty much gives me access to the vital records 
> of anyone I want information on, the more recent the information I 
> want the better. I bought it because a cousin was wanting to contact 
> an ex wife of her brother; boom for an additional $2.95 for the 
> "details" i.e. exact address and current phone number. In many states 
> this service provides actual copies of documents. So if the intent is 
> to protect identification, it is a case of closing the barn door after 
> the horse is gone.
>
> A further objection is that it appears to be creating a new level of 
> State government at a time when we can't pay for what we have. If 
> there are changes that genuinely need to be made in records keeping, 
> they should be administratively handled within our current vital 
> statistics organization.
>
> Yours respectfully:
>
>
>
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