88R1608 EAS-D
	By: Bryant	H.B. No. 5031

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to certain statutory changes to reflect and address
	same-sex marriages and parenting relationships and to the removal
	of provisions regarding the criminality or unacceptability of
	homosexual conduct.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	ARTICLE 1. FAMILY CODE PROVISIONS
	SECTION 1.01.  Subchapter A, Chapter 1, Family Code, is
	amended by adding Section 1.0015 to read as follows:
	Sec. 1.0015.  CONSTRUCTION OF GENDER-SPECIFIC TERMINOLOGY.
	When necessary to implement the rights and duties of spouses or
	parents in a marriage between persons of the same sex under the laws
	of this state, gender-specific terminology must be construed in a
	neutral manner to refer to a person of either gender.
	SECTION 1.02.  Section 2.001(a), Family Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(a)  Two individuals [A man and a woman] desiring to enter
	into a ceremonial marriage must obtain a marriage license from the
	county clerk of any county of this state.
	SECTION 1.03.  Section 2.004(b), Family Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(b)  The application form must contain:
	(1)  a heading entitled "Application for Marriage
	License, ____________ County, Texas";
	(2)  spaces for each applicant's full name, including
	the [woman's maiden] surname of an applicant intending to change
	the applicant's surname as a result of the marriage, address,
	social security number, if any, date of birth, and place of birth,
	including city, county, and state;
	(3)  a space for indicating the document tendered by
	each applicant as proof of identity and age;
	(4)  spaces for indicating whether each applicant has
	been divorced within the last 30 days;
	(5)  printed boxes for each applicant to check "true"
	or "false" in response to the following statement:  "I am not
	presently married and the other applicant is not presently
	married.";
	(6)  printed boxes for each applicant to check "true"
	or "false" in response to the following statement:  "The other
	applicant is not related to me as:
	(A)  an ancestor or descendant, by blood or
	adoption;
	(B)  a brother or sister, of the whole or half
	blood or by adoption;
	(C)  a parent's brother or sister, of the whole or
	half blood or by adoption;
	(D)  a son or daughter of a brother or sister, of
	the whole or half blood or by adoption;
	(E)  a current or former stepchild or stepparent;
	or
	(F)  a son or daughter of a parent's brother or
	sister, of the whole or half blood or by adoption.";
	(7)  printed boxes for each applicant to check "true"
	or "false" in response to the following statement:  "I am not
	presently delinquent in the payment of court-ordered child
	support.";
	(8)  a printed oath reading:  "I SOLEMNLY SWEAR (OR
	AFFIRM) THAT THE INFORMATION I HAVE GIVEN IN THIS APPLICATION IS
	CORRECT.";
	(9)  spaces immediately below the printed oath for the
	applicants' signatures;
	(10)  a certificate of the county clerk that:
	(A)  each applicant made the oath and the date and
	place that it was made; or
	(B)  an applicant did not appear personally but
	the prerequisites for the license have been fulfilled as provided
	by this chapter;
	(11)  spaces for indicating the date of the marriage
	and the county in which the marriage is performed;
	(12)  a space for the address to which the applicants
	desire the completed license to be mailed; and
	(13)  a printed box for each applicant to check
	indicating that the applicant wishes to make a voluntary
	contribution of $5 to promote healthy early childhood by supporting
	the Texas Home Visiting Program administered by the Office of Early
	Childhood Coordination of the Health and Human Services Commission.
	SECTION 1.04.  Section 2.401(a), Family Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(a)  In a judicial, administrative, or other proceeding, the
	marriage of two individuals [a man and woman] may be proved by
	evidence that:
	(1)  a declaration of their marriage has been signed as
	provided by this subchapter; or
	(2)  the individuals [man and woman] agreed to be
	married and after the agreement they lived together in this state as
	spouses [husband and wife] and there represented to others that
	they were married.
	SECTION 1.05.  Section 2.402(b), Family Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(b)  The declaration form must contain:
	(1)  a heading entitled "Declaration and Registration
	of Informal Marriage, ___________ County, Texas";
	(2)  spaces for each party's full name, including the
	[woman's maiden] surname of a party intending to change the party's
	surname as a result of the marriage, address, date of birth, place
	of birth, including city, county, and state, and social security
	number, if any;
	(3)  a space for indicating the type of document
	tendered by each party as proof of age and identity;
	(4)  printed boxes for each party to check "true" or
	"false" in response to the following statement:  "The other party
	is not related to me as:
	(A)  an ancestor or descendant, by blood or
	adoption;
	(B)  a brother or sister, of the whole or half
	blood or by adoption;
	(C)  a parent's brother or sister, of the whole or
	half blood or by adoption;
	(D)  a son or daughter of a brother or sister, of
	the whole or half blood or by adoption;
	(E)  a current or former stepchild or stepparent;
	or
	(F)  a son or daughter of a parent's brother or
	sister, of the whole or half blood or by adoption.";
	(5)  a printed declaration and oath reading:  "I
	SOLEMNLY SWEAR (OR AFFIRM) THAT WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, ARE MARRIED TO
	EACH OTHER BY VIRTUE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTS:  ON OR ABOUT (DATE) WE
	AGREED TO BE MARRIED, AND AFTER THAT DATE WE LIVED TOGETHER AS
	SPOUSES [HUSBAND AND WIFE] AND IN THIS STATE WE REPRESENTED TO
	OTHERS THAT WE WERE MARRIED.  SINCE THE DATE OF MARRIAGE TO THE
	OTHER PARTY I HAVE NOT BEEN MARRIED TO ANY OTHER PERSON.  THIS
	DECLARATION IS TRUE AND THE INFORMATION IN IT WHICH I HAVE GIVEN IS
	CORRECT.";
	(6)  spaces immediately below the printed declaration
	and oath for the parties' signatures; and
	(7)  a certificate of the county clerk that the parties
	made the declaration and oath and the place and date it was made.
	SECTION 1.06.  Section 3.401, Family Code, is amended by
	adding Subdivision (1) and amending Subdivisions (4) and (5) to
	read as follows:
	(1)  "Civil union" means any relationship status other
	than marriage that:
	(A)  is intended as an alternative to marriage or
	applies primarily to cohabitating persons; and
	(B)  grants to the parties of the relationship
	legal protections, benefits, or responsibilities granted to the
	spouses of a marriage.
	(4)  "Marital estate" means one of three estates:
	(A)  the community property owned by the spouses
	together and referred to as the community marital estate; or
	(B)  the separate property owned individually by
	each spouse [the husband] and referred to as a separate marital
	estate[; or
	[(C)  the separate property owned individually by
	the wife, also referred to as a separate marital estate].
	(5)  "Spouse" means one of the two individuals who are
	the parties to:
	(A)  a marriage; or
	(B)  [a husband, who is a man, or a wife, who is a
	woman. A member of] a civil union [or similar relationship] entered
	into in another state [between persons of the same sex is not a
	spouse].
	SECTION 1.07.  Section 6.104(b), Family Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(b)  In exercising its discretion, the court shall consider
	the pertinent facts concerning the welfare of the parties to the
	marriage, including whether a spouse [the female] is pregnant.
	SECTION 1.08.  Section 6.202(b), Family Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(b)  The later marriage that is void under this section
	becomes valid when the prior marriage is dissolved if, after the
	date of the dissolution, the parties have lived together as spouses
	[husband and wife] and represented themselves to others as being
	married.
	SECTION 1.09.  Section 6.203, Family Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 6.203.  CERTAIN VOID MARRIAGES VALIDATED. Except for a
	marriage that would have been void under Section 6.201, a marriage
	that was entered into before January 1, 1970, in violation of the
	prohibitions of Article 496, Penal Code of Texas, 1925, is
	validated from the date the marriage commenced if the parties
	continued until January 1, 1970, to live together as spouses
	[husband and wife] and to represent themselves to others as being
	married.
	SECTION 1.10.  Section 6.704, Family Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 6.704.  TESTIMONY OF SPOUSE [HUSBAND OR WIFE]. (a) In
	a suit for dissolution of a marriage, each spouse is a [the husband
	and wife are] competent witness [witnesses] for and against the
	[each] other spouse. A spouse may not be compelled to testify as to
	a matter that will incriminate the spouse.
	(b)  If a spouse [the husband or wife] testifies, the court
	or jury trying the case shall determine the credibility of the
	witness and the weight to be given the witness's testimony.
	SECTION 1.11.  Chapter 51, Family Code, is amended by adding
	Section 51.015 to read as follows:
	Sec. 51.015.  CONSTRUCTION OF GENDER-SPECIFIC TERMINOLOGY.
	When necessary to implement the rights and duties of spouses or
	parents in a marriage between persons of the same sex under the laws
	of this state, gender-specific terminology must be construed in a
	neutral manner to refer to a person of either gender.
	SECTION 1.12.  Chapter 101, Family Code, is amended by
	adding Section 101.0012 to read as follows:
	Sec. 101.0012.  CONSTRUCTION OF GENDER-SPECIFIC
	TERMINOLOGY. When necessary to implement the rights and duties of
	spouses or parents in a marriage between persons of the same sex
	under the laws of this state, gender-specific terminology must be
	construed in a neutral manner to refer to a person of either gender.
	SECTION 1.13.  Section 101.024(a), Family Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(a)  "Parent" means the mother, a man presumed to be the
	father, an individual [a man] legally determined to be a parent [the
	father], an individual [a man] who has been adjudicated to be a
	parent [the father] by a court of competent jurisdiction, a man who
	has acknowledged his parentage [paternity] under applicable law, or
	an adoptive mother or father.  Except as provided by Subsection (b),
	the term does not include a parent as to whom the parent-child
	relationship has been terminated.
	SECTION 1.14.  Section 108.009(b), Family Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(b)  The new certificate may not show that a parent-child
	[the father and child] relationship was established after the
	child's birth but may show the child's actual place and date of
	birth.
	SECTION 1.15.  Section 152.310(d), Family Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(d)  A privilege against disclosure of communications
	between spouses and a defense of immunity based on the relationship
	of spouses [husband and wife] or parent and child may not be invoked
	in a proceeding under this subchapter.
	SECTION 1.16.  Section 153.312(b), Family Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(b)  The following provisions govern possession of the child
	for vacations and certain specific holidays and supersede
	conflicting weekend or Thursday periods of possession.  The
	possessory conservator and the managing conservator shall have
	rights of possession of the child as follows:
	(1)  the possessory conservator shall have possession
	in even-numbered years, beginning at 6 p.m. on the day the child is
	dismissed from school for the school's spring vacation and ending
	at 6 p.m. on the day before school resumes after that vacation, and
	the managing conservator shall have possession for the same period
	in odd-numbered years;
	(2)  if a possessory conservator:
	(A)  gives the managing conservator written
	notice by April 1 of each year specifying an extended period or
	periods of summer possession, the possessory conservator shall have
	possession of the child for 30 days beginning not earlier than the
	day after the child's school is dismissed for the summer vacation
	and ending not later than seven days before school resumes at the
	end of the summer vacation, to be exercised in not more than two
	separate periods of at least seven consecutive days each, with each
	period of possession beginning and ending at 6 p.m. on each
	applicable day; or
	(B)  does not give the managing conservator
	written notice by April 1 of each year specifying an extended period
	or periods of summer possession, the possessory conservator shall
	have possession of the child for 30 consecutive days beginning at 6
	p.m. on July 1 and ending at 6 p.m. on July 31;
	(3)  if the managing conservator gives the possessory
	conservator written notice by April 15 of each year, the managing
	conservator shall have possession of the child on any one weekend
	beginning Friday at 6 p.m. and ending at 6 p.m. on the following
	Sunday during one period of possession by the possessory
	conservator under Subdivision (2), provided that the managing
	conservator picks up the child from the possessory conservator and
	returns the child to that same place; and
	(4)  if the managing conservator gives the possessory
	conservator written notice by April 15 of each year or gives the
	possessory conservator 14 days' written notice on or after April 16
	of each year, the managing conservator may designate one weekend
	beginning not earlier than the day after the child's school is
	dismissed for the summer vacation and ending not later than seven
	days before school resumes at the end of the summer vacation, during
	which an otherwise scheduled weekend period of possession by the
	possessory conservator will not take place, provided that the
	weekend designated does not interfere with the possessory
	conservator's period or periods of extended summer possession or
	with Father's Day if the possessory conservator is a [the] father of
	the child who is entitled to possession of the child for Father's
	Day weekend that year.
	SECTION 1.17.  Sections 153.313 and 153.314, Family Code,
	are amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 153.313.  PARENTS WHO RESIDE OVER 100 MILES APART. If
	the possessory conservator resides more than 100 miles from the
	residence of the child, the possessory conservator shall have the
	right to possession of the child as follows:
	(1)  either regular weekend possession beginning on the
	first, third, and fifth Friday as provided under the terms
	applicable to parents who reside 100 miles or less apart or not more
	than one weekend per month of the possessory conservator's choice
	beginning at 6 p.m. on the day school recesses for the weekend and
	ending at 6 p.m. on the day before school resumes after the weekend,
	provided that the possessory conservator gives the managing
	conservator 14 days' written or telephonic notice preceding a
	designated weekend, and provided that the possessory conservator
	elects an option for this alternative period of possession by
	written notice given to the managing conservator within 90 days
	after the parties begin to reside more than 100 miles apart, as
	applicable;
	(2)  each year beginning at 6 p.m. on the day the child
	is dismissed from school for the school's spring vacation and
	ending at 6 p.m. on the day before school resumes after that
	vacation;
	(3)  if the possessory conservator:
	(A)  gives the managing conservator written
	notice by April 1 of each year specifying an extended period or
	periods of summer possession, the possessory conservator shall have
	possession of the child for 42 days beginning not earlier than the
	day after the child's school is dismissed for the summer vacation
	and ending not later than seven days before school resumes at the
	end of the summer vacation, to be exercised in not more than two
	separate periods of at least seven consecutive days each, with each
	period of possession beginning and ending at 6 p.m. on each
	applicable day; or
	(B)  does not give the managing conservator
	written notice by April 1 of each year specifying an extended period
	or periods of summer possession, the possessory conservator shall
	have possession of the child for 42 consecutive days beginning at 6
	p.m. on June 15 and ending at 6 p.m. on July 27;
	(4)  if the managing conservator gives the possessory
	conservator written notice by April 15 of each year the managing
	conservator shall have possession of the child on one weekend
	beginning Friday at 6 p.m. and ending at 6 p.m. on the following
	Sunday during one period of possession by the possessory
	conservator under Subdivision (3), provided that if a period of
	possession by the possessory conservator exceeds 30 days, the
	managing conservator may have possession of the child under the
	terms of this subdivision on two nonconsecutive weekends during
	that time period, and further provided that the managing
	conservator picks up the child from the possessory conservator and
	returns the child to that same place; and
	(5)  if the managing conservator gives the possessory
	conservator written notice by April 15 of each year, the managing
	conservator may designate 21 days beginning not earlier than the
	day after the child's school is dismissed for the summer vacation
	and ending not later than seven days before school resumes at the
	end of the summer vacation, to be exercised in not more than two
	separate periods of at least seven consecutive days each, with each
	period of possession beginning and ending at 6 p.m. on each
	applicable day, during which the possessory conservator may not
	have possession of the child, provided that the period or periods so
	designated do not interfere with the possessory conservator's
	period or periods of extended summer possession or with Father's
	Day if the possessory conservator is a [the] father of the child who
	is entitled to possession of the child for Father's Day weekend that
	year.
	Sec. 153.314.  HOLIDAY POSSESSION UNAFFECTED BY DISTANCE
	PARENTS RESIDE APART. The following provisions govern possession
	of the child for certain specific holidays and supersede
	conflicting weekend or Thursday periods of possession without
	regard to the distance the parents reside apart.  The possessory
	conservator and the managing conservator shall have rights of
	possession of the child as follows:
	(1)  the possessory conservator shall have possession
	of the child in even-numbered years beginning at 6 p.m. on the day
	the child is dismissed from school for the Christmas school
	vacation and ending at noon on December 28, and the managing
	conservator shall have possession for the same period in
	odd-numbered years;
	(2)  the possessory conservator shall have possession
	of the child in odd-numbered years beginning at noon on December 28
	and ending at 6 p.m. on the day before school resumes after that
	vacation, and the managing conservator shall have possession for
	the same period in even-numbered years;
	(3)  the possessory conservator shall have possession
	of the child in odd-numbered years, beginning at 6 p.m. on the day
	the child is dismissed from school before Thanksgiving and ending
	at 6 p.m. on the following Sunday, and the managing conservator
	shall have possession for the same period in even-numbered years;
	(4)  the parent not otherwise entitled under this
	standard possession order to present possession of a child on the
	child's birthday shall have possession of the child beginning at 6
	p.m. and ending at 8 p.m. on that day, provided that the parent
	picks up the child from the residence of the conservator entitled to
	possession and returns the child to that same place;
	(5)  if a conservator, the father shall have possession
	of the child beginning at 6 p.m. on the Friday preceding Father's
	Day and ending on Father's Day at 6 p.m., provided that, if he is not
	otherwise entitled under this standard possession order to present
	possession of the child, he picks up the child from the residence of
	the conservator entitled to possession and returns the child to
	that same place, except that if the child has two fathers appointed
	as conservators, the managing conservator shall have possession of
	the child for the period described by this subdivision in
	even-numbered years and the possessory conservator shall have
	possession of the child for that period in odd-numbered years; and
	(6)  if a conservator, the mother shall have possession
	of the child beginning at 6 p.m. on the Friday preceding Mother's
	Day and ending on Mother's Day at 6 p.m., provided that, if she is
	not otherwise entitled under this  standard possession order to
	present possession of the child, she picks up the child from the
	residence of the conservator entitled to possession and returns the
	child to that same place, except that if the child has two mothers
	appointed as conservators, the managing conservator shall have
	possession of the child for the period described by this
	subdivision in even-numbered years and the possessory conservator
	shall have possession of the child for that period in odd-numbered
	years.
	SECTION 1.18.  The following provisions of the Family Code
	are repealed:
	(1)  Section 2.001(b); and
	(2)  Section 6.204.
	SECTION 1.19.  The change in law made by this article to
	Section 108.009(b), Family Code, applies only to a new birth
	certificate for a child born on or after the effective date of this
	Act. A new birth certificate for a child born before that date is
	governed by the law in effect on the date the child was born, and the
	former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 1.20.  The changes in law made by this article to
	Sections 153.312(b), 153.313, and 153.314, Family Code, apply only
	to a court order providing for possession of or access to a child
	rendered on or after the effective date of this Act. A court order
	rendered before the effective date of this Act is governed by the
	law in effect on the date the order was rendered, and the former law
	is continued in effect for that purpose.
	ARTICLE 2. HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE PROVISIONS
	SECTION 2.01.  Section 85.007(b), Health and Safety Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(b)  The materials in the education programs intended for
	persons younger than 18 years of age must[:
	[(1)]  emphasize sexual abstinence before marriage and
	fidelity in marriage as the expected standard in terms of public
	health and the most effective ways to prevent HIV infection,
	sexually transmitted diseases, and unwanted pregnancies[; and
	[(2)  state that homosexual conduct is not an
	acceptable lifestyle and is a criminal offense under Section 21.06,
	Penal Code].
	SECTION 2.02.  Section 163.001(a), Health and Safety Code,
	is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The department shall develop a model public health
	education program suitable for school-age children and shall make
	the program available to any person on request. The program should
	emphasize:
	(1)  that abstinence from sexual intercourse is the
	most effective protection against unwanted teenage pregnancy,
	sexually transmitted diseases, and acquired immune deficiency
	syndrome (AIDS) when transmitted sexually;
	(2)  that abstinence from sexual intercourse outside of
	[lawful] marriage is the expected societal standard for school-age
	unmarried persons; and
	(3)  the physical, emotional, and psychological
	dangers of substance abuse, including the risk of acquired immune
	deficiency syndrome (AIDS) through the sharing of needles during
	intravenous drug usage.
	SECTION 2.03.  Section 163.002, Health and Safety Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 163.002.  INSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS. Course materials and
	instruction relating to sexual education or sexually transmitted
	diseases should include:
	(1)  an emphasis on sexual abstinence as the only
	completely reliable method of avoiding unwanted teenage pregnancy
	and sexually transmitted diseases;
	(2)  an emphasis on the importance of self-control,
	responsibility, and ethical conduct in making decisions relating to
	sexual behavior;
	(3)  statistics, based on the latest medical
	information, that indicate the efficacy of the various forms of
	contraception;
	(4)  information concerning the laws relating to the
	financial responsibilities associated with pregnancy, childbirth,
	and child rearing;
	(5)  information concerning the laws prohibiting
	sexual abuse and the legal and counseling options available to
	victims of sexual abuse;
	(6)  information on how to cope with and rebuff
	unwanted physical and verbal sexual advances, as well as the
	importance of avoiding the sexual exploitation of other persons;
	and
	(7)  psychologically sound methods of resisting
	unwanted peer pressure[; and
	[(8)  emphasis, provided in a factual manner and from a
	public health perspective, that homosexuality is not a lifestyle
	acceptable to the general public and that homosexual conduct is a
	criminal offense under Section 21.06, Penal Code].
	SECTION 2.04.  Section 191.0046(b), Health and Safety Code,
	is amended to read as follows:
	(b)  The state registrar shall issue without fee a certified
	copy of a record not otherwise prohibited by law to a veteran or to
	the veteran's widow or widower, orphan, or other dependent if the
	copy is for use in settling a claim against the government.
	SECTION 2.05.  Section 193.006(a), Health and Safety Code,
	is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  This section applies to the death certificate of a
	person who:
	(1)  served in a war, campaign, or expedition of the
	United States, the Confederate States of America, or the Republic
	of Texas;
	(2)  was the spouse, widower, [wife] or widow of a
	person who served in a war, campaign, or expedition of the United
	States, the Confederate States of America, or the Republic of
	Texas; or
	(3)  at the time of death was in the service of the
	United States.
	SECTION 2.06.  Section 574.045(d), Health and Safety Code,
	is amended to read as follows:
	(d)  A female patient must be accompanied by a female
	attendant unless the patient is accompanied by her father, male
	spouse [husband], or adult brother or son.
	ARTICLE 3. PENAL CODE REPEALER
	SECTION 3.01.  Section 21.06, Penal Code, is repealed.
	ARTICLE 4. EFFECTIVE DATE
	SECTION 4.01.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.