Bill Text: TX HB2301 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to a change of name for participants in the address confidentiality program administered by the office of the attorney general.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-3)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-07 - Effective on 9/1/21 [HB2301 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2301-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 2301 | ||
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| relating to a change of name for participants in the address | ||
| confidentiality program administered by the office of the attorney | ||
| general. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 45.102, Family Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
| (c) A petitioner is not required to provide the street | ||
| address of the petitioner's place of residence or the petitioner's | ||
| reason for the requested change of name as otherwise required by | ||
| Subsection (a) if the petitioner provides a copy of an | ||
| authorization card certifying in accordance with Article 58.059, | ||
| Code of Criminal Procedure, that the petitioner is a participant in | ||
| the address confidentiality program administered by the attorney | ||
| general under Subchapter B, Chapter 58, Code of Criminal Procedure. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 45.103, Family Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsections (a-1) and (c-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (a-1) For purposes of Subsection (a), it is presumed that a | ||
| change of name is in the interest or to the benefit of the | ||
| petitioner and in the interest of the public if the petitioner | ||
| provides a copy of an authorization card certifying in accordance | ||
| with Article 58.059, Code of Criminal Procedure, that the | ||
| petitioner is a participant in the address confidentiality program | ||
| administered by the attorney general under Subchapter B, Chapter | ||
| 58, Code of Criminal Procedure. | ||
| (c-1) An order issued under this section to change the name | ||
| of a petitioner described by Subsection (a-1) is confidential and | ||
| may not be released by the court to any person, regardless of | ||
| whether the petitioner continues to participate in the address | ||
| confidentiality program following the change of name under this | ||
| subchapter. | ||
| SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to a petition for a change of name that is submitted on or after the | ||
| effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 2301 was passed by the House on May 6, | ||
| 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 2301 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 19, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
