Vital records: birth certificates.

Senator Cervantes, along with Senators Arreguín and Menjivar, proposes moving parents' birthplace information to the confidential medical and social section of California birth certificates. The change would maintain this data for public health purposes while restricting general access.

The legislation modifies birth certificate requirements by relocating parental birthplace details from the public portion to the confidential section, which already contains protected information such as race, ethnicity, education level, and occupation. This confidential section remains accessible only to authorized entities for health-related and specific administrative purposes as outlined in state code.

The bill's findings cite privacy protection as the primary rationale for limiting public access to parental birthplace information. Local registrars would continue collecting this data during the birth registration process, but with enhanced confidentiality protocols aligned with existing standards for medical and social information on birth certificates.