SB 361 Summary

• Department of Public Health shall provide COVID-19 vaccination status information to vaccinated individuals, their court-appointed fiduciaries, parents, or guardians upon request, with disclosure to others prohibited without authorization.

• Employers must grant two hours unpaid time off to employees for voting in state elections, special elections for federal/state offices, and probate judge elections, if requested at least two working days in advance (effective June 23, 2021 through June 30, 2024).

• Expands definition of "children's matters" in probate court to include marriage license issuance for minors aged 16-17, validation of surrogacy agreements, and parentage claims related to surrogacy arrangements.

• Modifies surrogacy agreement procedures to allow parentage proceedings anytime after agreement execution, requiring attorney certification and party statements submitted under penalty of false statement, with courts able to enforce agreements with technical deviations.

• Assigns surrogacy-related parentage petitions and validation proceedings to Probate Court rather than Family Division of Superior Court, while maintaining other parentage adjudication in Family Division.