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<B>From: </B>"Sue Steward" <ssteward@ccountry.net><BR><B>To: </B>"OR-ROOTS" <or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us><BR><B>Sent: </B>Tuesday, April 2, 2013 3:21:53 PM<BR><B>Subject: </B>[or-roots] Fwd: RE: House Bill 2093<BR><BR>This is a response to the e-mail I sent to the speaker of the House. As has already been mentioned, she indicates it is the Governor's office that requested it.<BR>
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<TD>Tue, 2 Apr 2013 21:59:55 +0000</TD></TR>
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<TD>Rep Kotek <A class=moz-txt-link-rfc2396E href="mailto:rep.tinakotek@state.or.us" target=_blank><rep.tinakotek@state.or.us></A></TD></TR>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Harold and Sue, </SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Thank you for e-mailing Speaker Kotek in regard to HB 2093. <BIG><BIG><B><FONT color=#990000>The Governor’s Office requested the bill and it is currently in the House Committee on Health Care. The Speaker’s Office has also referred it to the Ways and Means Committee, due to the fiscal impact you cited. Speaker Kotek’s office appreciates your comments and will take them into account as the discussion unfolds. </FONT></B></BIG></BIG></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Thank you. </SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Hannah Fisher, Legislative Assistant</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">State Representative Tina Kotek</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Speaker of the House</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">North/NE Portland, House District 44</SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">(503) 286-0558 District | (503) 986-1444 Salem</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">900 Court Street NE, H-296</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Salem, OR 97301</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated href="mailto:rep.tinakotek@state.or.us" target=_blank>rep.tinakotek@state.or.us</A></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> Sue Steward [<A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="mailto:ssteward@ccountry.net" target=_blank>mailto:ssteward@ccountry.net</A>] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, March 27, 2013 9:32 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Rep Esquivel; Rep Richardson; Rep Kotek; Rep McLane<BR><B>Subject:</B> House Bill 2093</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">As an individual/family very interested in genealogy I participate in OR-Roots genealogical list. Through this list we've been made aware of House Bill 2093.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><A href="http://landru.leg.state.or.us/13reg/measpdf/hb2000.dir/hb2093.intro.pdf" target=_blank>http://landru.leg.state.or.us/13reg/measpdf/hb2000.dir/hb2093.intro.pdf</A></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>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.<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">For a fee you can have a subscription/membership to a web service that pretty much gives you access to the vital records of anyone I want information on, the more recent the information I want the better. 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. </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">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.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Yours respectfully,<BR>Harold E. & Nelda S Steward<BR>2605 Samoan Way<BR>Medford, OR 97504</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV><BR></DIV><BR><BR>_____________________________________________________<BR>or-roots mailing list<BR>or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us<BR>http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/or-roots<BR>Hosted by the Oregon State Library. The Library is not responsible for content.<BR>Questions related to message content should be directed to list owner(s) or the sender of the message, by phone or email.<BR>Technical questions? Call 503-378-8800.<BR></div></body></html>