Bill Text: TX HB3230 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a change of name and vital statistics information.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-25 - Referred to State Affairs [HB3230 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB3230-Introduced.html
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| By: Coleman | H.B. No. 3230 | |
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| relating to a change of name and vital statistics information. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 45, Family Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Section 45.107 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 45.107. CHANGE OF NAME AND VITAL STATISTICS | ||
| INFORMATION. (a) A court shall order a change of name for a | ||
| petitioner under this subchapter if the petition is accompanied by | ||
| a sworn affidavit of a licensed physician that the petitioner | ||
| identifies as a gender other than the gender indicated on the | ||
| petitioner's driver's license, birth certificate, or other official | ||
| document. | ||
| (b) A court that orders a change of name for a petitioner | ||
| under this section shall simultaneously order: | ||
| (1) that the Department of Public Safety, as soon as | ||
| practicable, change the petitioner's gender on the petitioner's | ||
| driver's license and other identification documents under the | ||
| department's control; and | ||
| (2) that the Department of State Health Services, on | ||
| receipt of a licensed physician's sworn affidavit that the | ||
| petitioner identifies as a gender other than the gender indicated | ||
| on the petitioner's birth certificate, amend the petitioner's birth | ||
| certificate as provided by Section 192.011, Health and Safety Code, | ||
| to reflect the petitioner's true gender. | ||
| (c) This section may not be construed to require surgical | ||
| intervention as a prerequisite for a court order under Subsection | ||
| (a) or (b). | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
